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For the first time in history, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Dartmouth Award, designating outstanding quality and significance to a reference source, was given to an electronic resource.  Greenwood’s Pop Culture Universe, was the 2009 recipient. The Committee selected Pop Culture Universe because it compiles over 300 sources of pop culture information into a fun, […]

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CLEVELAND, OH, Jan 15 (MARKET WIRE) –
Cleveland Public Library (http://emedia.clevnet.org) today became the
first public library to offer eBook downloads in the industry standard
EPUB format. Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member
libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library’s
download website. The EPUB files are optimized for the Sony(R) Reader and
can also […]

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Sony teams with NetLibrary to offer digital editions and Readers
By Paul Biba
Sony is continuing to market its reader to more and more outlets. That’s only good for e-books as a whole.
In addition to the deal with Harlequin, Sony just announced a collaboration with NetLibrary:
The program includes a Reader model PRS-505, a collection […]

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The rise of e-books: IDPF reports November e-book sales up 108 percent—and here’s some analysis
By Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords
Mark Coker is founder of Smashwords and Dovetail Public Relations, as well as moderator of a February 10 panel at Tools of Change on “The Rise of E-Book.” See a San Jose Mercury […]

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From www.teleread.org
Sony teams with NetLibrary to offer digital editions and Readers
By Paul Biba
Sony is continuing to market its reader to more and more outlets. That’s only good for e-books as a whole.
In addition to the deal with Harlequin, Sony just announced a collaboration with NetLibrary:
The program includes a Reader model PRS-505, a collection of titles […]

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 Read an E-Book Week (March 8 - 14) is fast approaching. In preparation for the big event this year we have completely redone our website - http://www.ebookweek.comThis year we welcome several new supporters - Tor.com, Sony, world-renowned author, Warren Adler, and E Ink to name a few.
Mr. Adler has provided an interesting article for our […]

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Has anyone seen any data on the average price of eBooks?  If so, could you please post a comment with further information?
Thanks, Sue

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Jason Price and John McDonald, from Claremont Colleges, have completed a study profiling various ebook aggregator collections to their print collection.  Their goal, to find out if eBooks can supersede the print collection, or just supplement the collection.  They presented this in Charleston last November, but have now finalized their stats and have posted the […]

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Those of you heading to Denver this weekend might want to check out several of the vendors presentations in the Technology Showcase (Show floor, aisle 800 or 2200).  The event is Monday, January 26th from 10:00 to 1:00.  Here are several eBook related vendors and times:
Credo Reference - 11:20 - 11:50 Pueblo Theater (aisle 800)
ebrary […]

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From the new EBL blog:
Sony Reader and Adobe announced the release of Digital Editions firmware which can be loaded onto the Sony Reader PR505 and the new PR700.  As EBL download uses Adobe Digital Editions, EBL ebooks can now be loaded onto Sony Reader devices.
You can read more about the software and how to get it […]

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