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Tish Wilson from ebrary just emailed me this press release:
CIBER Opens Global Library Survey in Conjunction with Charleston Conference, ebrary, and YBP
September 28, 2009 – London, UK – The CIBER research group at University College London (UCL) today invited all libraries to participate in an international survey examining challenges, trends, and best practices in tough […]

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Articles I’ve bookmarked this week include:
College Bookstores Hope to Turn Their Web Sites Into E-Book Portals
In Defense Of Google Books - Forbes.com
DRM viewpoints: Michael Gartenberg vs. Michael Masnick
On the ropes? Robert Darnton’s Case for Books - 9/14/2009 - Publishers Weekly
Google Signs Print-on-Demand Deal for Two Million Public Domain Titles - 9/17/2009 - Library Journal

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In honor of Banned Books Week, NetLibrary and HarperCollins are featuring Burn This Book:  PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word, edited by Toni Morrison as the eBook of the month.  The book is freely available from October 1 - 31, 2009.
From NetLibrary - Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, […]

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Heather Staines, Global eProduct Manager for SpringerLink, Springer Science + Business Media, and I had a nice conversation about Springer’s eBook preservation strategy.  The conversation was based on Heather’s article in Against the Grain, February 2009.  Heather discusses Portico, LOCKSS, and general eBook preservation issues.   Listen to Heather’s interview and many others through the NSR […]

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A new Google discussion group has been launched to discuss eBook devices in libraries.  According to the site, “this group is designed for discussions of what libraries are doing vis-a-vis eBook services designed primarily for reading on portable electronic reading devices.”  As of this morning, 85 members have joined, but the discussion is a bit […]

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From a Bowker Press Release -
Bowker and AAP Will Host Webinar on Consumer Book Buying
“The Big Picture” Will Highlight 2009 Consumer Demographics and Behavior
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ–(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - Who is today’s book consumer, where are they shopping and how successful are we at reaching them will be the subject of a forthcoming […]

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I received this press release today from ebrary.
YBP to Co-Sponsor CIBER’s Library Survey with ebrary, Results to be Announced at Charleston Conference
September 22, 2009 – Charlotte, NC –Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services today announced that it is co-sponsoring CIBER’s library survey with ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies. Based on […]

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Lots of news and blog sites are reporting on the Dept. of Justice response to the Google Book Settlement.
Teleread has a simple summary, referring folks to the 32 page DOJ official response, Resource Shelf summarizes a variety of news sources, and for a simple overview, see the DOJ Press Release.   The DOJ suggests the parties […]

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Michael Pastore of Zorba Press has released a revised edition of his benefits of eBooks title.  The new title - 50 Benefits of Ebooks - is available now in .pdf form and soon in EPUB and paperback for the very small price of $2.00.
I like benefit #13 - Ebooks Are Cheaper to Buy
In this entry, […]

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Have you seen Gale/Cengage Learning’s encyclopedia.com lately?  It’s full of vetted reference information with some funky cool new features.  Check it out online and for a more detail description of the site, and it’s potential, read the latest in the Off The Shelf Column at Booklist Online.

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