Go To Hellman: Book Lending Ignorance Go To Hellman: SOPA Could Put Common Library Software in the Soup More controversy over Amazon price-checking versus independent bookstores | TeleRead Amazon Doesn’t Care About Your Local Bookstore | Epicenter | Wired.com Stop Treating $9.99 As The Magic E-Book Price | paidContent E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock – [...]

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The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing | ALA TechSource US eBook Sales Doubled in September – eBookNewser Penguin Restores Kindle Lending, but Still Not Providing Digital Editions of New Titles — The Digital Shift Cambridge U. Press Would Like to Rent You an Article – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education [...]

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A flurry of blog posts and news articles are appearing related to the Penguin announcement to suspend library lending of titles. Here are a few articles of interest: OverDrive Suspends Access to New Penguin eBook Titles, “Get For Kindle” Access Also Shutdown « INFOdocket Penguin Group USA to No Longer Allow Library Lending of New [...]

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Check out the latest article in American Libraries Magazine (Dispatches from the Field column) about eBook purchasing.  It is a condensed version of a larger piece that will appear in Library Technology Reports Nov/Dec issue, which should be available very soon. Topics include: print to digital, business models, publishers/aggregators/wholesalers, buying through consortia, and evaluating vendors. [...]

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The November, 2011 issue of Against the Grain focuses on the e-everything future.  Edited by Audrey Powers from the University of South Florida, the issue discusses e-content procurement, access models and technology, content integration, first sale doctrine, and much more. It’s a great line-up of contributors and topics.  The table of contents should be posted [...]

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Kindle Fire to Ship with Amazon Appstore, Access to Several Thousand Apps – eBookNewser Wake Forest and Odigia collaborate on textbook alternative | TeleRead All 50 State Librarians Vote to Form Alliance With Internet Archive’s Open Library — The Digital Shift BISG Press Release | More Than a Passing Fancy: Ongoing BISG Study Reveals E-Book [...]

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E-Factor: How E-books Are Making an Impact in Libraries, by Sue Polanka | Booklist Online E-book acquisition based on use and demand could save libraries thousands | Inside Higher Ed IL2011: E-Book Preservation | Spinstah Pew Research Center releases study on tablets and news reading | TeleRead Encyclopedia Britannica releases iPad app | TeleRead Dan [...]

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Patron Driven Acquisition has gained much interest from libraries these days. As a result, many are writing about their experiences with the new business model. Today, Inside Higher Education featured an article on “PDA In the Library,” (E-book acquisition based on use and demand could save libraries thousands). This article discusses the benefits of PDA, [...]

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There is a very good article, Ebooks and Interlibrary Loan:  Licensed to Fill? in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, & Electronic Reserve.  The publisher, Taylor and Francis, is offering free access to the article.  The article discusses the issues surrounding interlibrary loan and electronic books. The full citation and abstract, from Taylor and [...]

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School Librarian’s Kristin Fontichiaro (University of Michigan) and Buffy Hamilton, (Creekview High School) have just released a free eBook on Smashwords, School Libraries:  What’s now? What’s next? What’s yet to come? Over 50 authors crowdsourced the content for this eBook, with over 100 essays. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705 – for the FREE download in 3 formats – PDF, [...]

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