I missed this last Friday, sorry for the long list. PA sets out restrictions on library e-book lending | theBookseller.com UK Publishers Association sets out restrictions on ebook lending – stupid! Specter of e-book piracy looms large on horizon If Libraries are Screwed, so are the Rest of Us | Digital Book World How five [...]
Articles of Interest
October 21st, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Business Models/Pricing · Ebook Readers · EPUB · Formats · Google Books · Interfaces/Platforms · Lending Readers · Public Libraries · Publishing · School Libraries · Textbooks · Vendor News
Cengage Learning Textbooks Available on enTourage eDGe Platform
July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off
Brought to my attention by @xplanarob. I first saw the enTourage eDGe at the O’Reilly TOC conference last February. I was so intrigued with it I put it in my list of top 10 takeaways from the conference. It appears the appeal is widespread, as enTourage Systems™ and Cengage Learning just announced a partnership to [...]
Tags: Academic Libraries · Ebook Readers · Interfaces/Platforms · Press Releases · Publishing · Textbooks · Vendor News
Top eBook/eReader Trends of 2010
March 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Really interesting lists of eBook and eReader trends on the Kindle Review blog (posted March 5th). Some of the things I was happy to see on the list include: Multi Purpose Devices vs. Dedicated Readers – Will the dedicated readers be able to survive? Rise of ePUB DRM – is it possible we rid of [...]
Tags: Articles of Interest · DRM · Ebook Readers · EPUB · Formats
New Articles of Interest
March 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off
I’m way behind on posting links to articles I’ve bookmarked in delicious. There’s been so much activity in the industry these last few weeks that I can’t keep up. So, here is a long list of things I’ve found from the past month. Amazon Ups the Anti in eBook Price Wars; Rumors Say Apple is [...]
Tags: Articles of Interest · Business Models/Pricing · Conferences/Events · Ebook Readers · Google Books · New Products · Textbooks
10 Takeaways from the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference for Librarians
February 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Earlier this week I attended the O’Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) Conference for the first time. Over 1250 attendees gathered in New York City to discuss and network about issues and trends in publishing, in particular, digital publishing. While much of the information presented was for the publishing industry, I did manage to find several [...]
Tags: Conferences/Events · DRM · Ebook Readers · EPUB · Formats · Library News · Marketing · Print on demand · Self Publishing · Textbooks
Reviews of eBook Readers
February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off
The February 2010 issue of Aptara Context offers reviews of several ebook readers on the market such as blio, EnTourage’s eDGe, Skiff, and the Que.
Tags: Ebook Readers



