The rumored news of Kindle offering a lending library has come to fruition. Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy from INFODocket shared this post this morning and gave me permission to repost in full. INFODocket posts all type of in-depth industry news and reports, so check them out for more than eBooks. @INFODocket UPDATE: Paul Biba [...]
Kindle Lending Library launches with 5,000 titles
November 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off
Tags: Business Models/Pricing · Ebook Readers · Formats · Interfaces/Platforms · New Products · Public Libraries · Vendor News
OverDrive, Amazon, and Privacy – INFODocket explores the questions
September 27th, 2011 · Comments Off
Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy at INFODocket are asking some very important questions about end-user privacy when borrowing OverDrive library books through a third party vendor site (Amazon). The post asks: Is Amazon collecting download information? Is Amazon saving library download info permanently? If not, how long will they keep it? Is there a retention policy? [...]
Tags: Ebook Readers · Interfaces/Platforms · Library News · Public Libraries · School Libraries
Resource Shelf Editors Launch InfoDocket and FullTextReports
February 18th, 2011 · Comments Off
Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy, formerly the senior editors of Resource Shelf and Docuticker, have now moved on to another complimentary set of news sites – InfoDocket and FullText Reports. Both of these new sites offer great aggregated content with a new look and feel. ResourceShelf continues to publish (10+ years) with new editorial staff [...]
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Interfaces/Platforms · New Products · Press Releases
