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Searcher
January 2009
Nicholas Tomaiuolo |
U-Content: Project Gutenberg, Me, and You Individuals interested in the controversy over the validity and reliability of user-generated content (UGC) fall into two groups -- "Proponents" and the "Old Guard".   |
Information Today
July 16, 2012
Barbara Quint |
Project Gutenberg Launches Repository for Self-Published Works The generous souls at Project Gutenberg opened a new venue supplementing their traditional collection of public domain classics. |
Information Today
July 7, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Come to the World eBook Fair! This year, the theme of the fair is Own Your Own Library and it promises 1 million-plus books free for the taking. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Lucia Snowhill |
E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries: An Overview This article briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services to its users... |
Information Today
June 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks. |
Information Today
February 19, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
What's in a (Domain) Name? A New "Gutenberg" Site Launches as an Ebook Resource A new ebook resource has launched with a familiar sounding name -- Gutenberg.com. It bills itself as "a central resource for ebook lovers, ebook newbies, and the ebook industry." |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2002
Donald T. Hawkins |
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life. |
Searcher
November 2011
Barbara Quint |
O! Pioneers! Michael Hart, the founder, leader, defender, advocate, and voice of Project Gutenberg, died this summer. Several friends and colleagues of mine sent me links to obituaries and tributes to the man. |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Janelle Brown |
The Napster library Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry? |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010 |
Kindle's Big Flaw The one big flaw is it can't check out e-books from the library like almost every one of its competitors can. |
Information Today
June 26, 2006
Paula J. Hane |
Enhanced SpringerLink Offers eBook Collection Springer, which claims to be the world's largest scientific, technical and medical book publisher, has announced it will offer its complete publishing program online and on one integrated platform. |
Information Today
September 2002
Paula J. Hane |
Open eBook Forum Releases Industry Report In late July, the Open eBook Forum released a report that provides industry statistics, which the organization says show solid growth in electronic publishing and a positive significant shift in the perception of electronic book publishing. |
Macworld
July 2000
Frith Breitzer |
Judging E-books by Their Covers Format Still Has Hurdles to Overcome |
Information Today
June 26, 2008
Barbara Quint |
1923--1963: Google Book Search Targeting More Books for Public Domain? Before 1923, all library partners in the program let Google's mass digitization program grind away, but only a handful of library partners will risk letting post-1923, probably in-copyright material from their collections into the program. |
PC World
November 2002
Brad Grimes |
Read Any Good E-Books Lately? Me neither, but here are some reasons you might want to try one. |
D-Lib
June 2000 |
In Brief Report on the IEEE Advances in Digital Libraries 2000 Conference... First ACM/IEEE CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Announced... Gottingen Gutenberg Bible Goes Digital... Cooperation between the British Library and UK Universities... A National Union Catalogue for the UK?... |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2003
Mick O'Leary |
E-Book Scenarios Updated Almost 3 years ago in this column I made sweeping forecasts for the future of e-bookss). Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight. As for others... well, let's not dwell on the past |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Time to Sell PG&E? PG&E is having no trouble maintaining its gross margin, which tends to dictate a company's overall profitability. This is solid news; however, PG&E investors need to keep an eye on this over the coming quarters. |
CIO
September 15, 2002
Carol Zarrow |
E-Pilogue for E-Publishing Two years ago, e-book evangelists were warning traditional book publishers that they'd better get on the e-book wagon fast, since the next two years were going to make or break them. But despite the tenacity of promoters, the future is uncertain. |
Information Today
December 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
News and Trends We Could Do Without Printed versions of social networking sites content, the perils of shopping online, and the perverse benefits of negative online publicity are among the highlighted trends. |
