Some good reads out there in the blogosphere these last few weeks. Many of these are focused on the electronic textbook and/or implications of such.  Additional articles include analysis on the library and bookstore of the future and a comical video about digital publishing and DRM. Bookstore of the future: Books Plus? NYPL Joins HathiTrust, [...]

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Great news for eBook exposure!  In an effort to maximize the visibility and value of libraries’ full collections, OCLC is adding records to WorldCat that represent digitized books from the Google Books Library Project and the HathiTrust Digital Library to provide greater access to and increased visibility of these rich digitized collections. OCLC is working [...]

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OCLC study on characteristics of books in the public domain Elgan: 7 reasons why e-book readers make lousy gifts this year Will textbooks be the biggest e-reader market in five years? Revised Google Book Search Settlement from a Library Perspective | Disruptive Library Technology Jester HathiTrust offers full-text search of millions of digitized books and [...]

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