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Information Today
May 2004
Paula Hane |
Project Gutenberg Progresses Progress has picked up on Project Guttenberg, an ambitious effort to develop a free public library of 10,000 public-domain e-books.   |
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
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. |
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
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." |
Information Today
October 1, 2009 |
Sony Store to Offer Ebook Self-Publishing Tool Sony announced relationships with ebook distributors Author Solutions and Smashwords to offer a self-publishing tool for the Sony online store. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Information Today
January 17, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The New World of Ebook Publishing Changes are coming much faster in the publishing world today -- prices for titles are dropping and we are seeing the development of new models and channels for publishing, distribution, and sales. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2009 |
Sony Moves to Woo E-Book Publishers, Authors In its latest push into the burgeoning e-reader market, Sony today unveiled a new portal for aspiring authors who want to publish titles for the electronics giant's e-book store. |
Information Today
May 27, 2014 |
BiblioBoard and Library Journal Launch Ebook Discovery Service BiblioBoard worked with Library Journal to create SELF-e, an ebook discovery service that helps public library patrons find works by self-published authors. |
Information Today
April 2009
Donald T. Hawkins |
Report from the Field: O'Reilly TOC 2009: Books, Reading, and Publishing O'Reilly Media held its third Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing conference in February in New York. |
Information Today
June 11, 2012
Dan Tonkery |
BEA 2012: Libraries Still Draw the Short Stick Libraries do not have much to celebrate from Book Expo other than their copyright win at the Georgia State University and even that win may be short lived as the publishers have requested an injunction to stop certain types of usage of reserve material. |
Information Today
June 2, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Public Libraries Embrace Self-Publishing Services For authors who want to self-publish their books, the public library may be the best place to find services that can help. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2009
Seth Porges |
How to Download Free Books onto the Amazon Kindle The Internet is filled with Web sites eager to dispense virtual versions of books that have lapsed into the public domain. |
Information Today
March 4, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services Here's the scoop on five popular ebook subscription services, including a comparison chart for quick reference. |
Information Today
December 16, 2010
Nancy Herther |
Google's eBookstore Takes Ebooks to the Next Level On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. |
Information Today
April 28, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
Kindle Library Lending Announcement Raises Questions Kindle-using library patrons will now be able to get ebooks in their preferred format, and that's about the whole of it. |
Searcher
May 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Percentages The arrival of ebooks has left pbooks the last man standing when it comes to library collections. Now books are going the way of full-text journals and reference works. A library's primary collection is no longer primarily print. |
Searcher
December 2011
Charles Hamaker |
FEATURE: Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries While it might not matter to the occasional or recreational reader, the ebook presents a host of challenges for the role of the book as transmitter, carrier, and shaper of our written word cultural heritage. |
Information Today
March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2010
David Stern |
Ebooks: From Institutional to Consortial Considerations It is not too early for academic libraries to begin considering the implementation issues for consortial purchases and/or leases of ebooks. |
PC Magazine
August 23, 2010
Dan Costa |
Amazon Kindle (3G + Wi-Fi) The latest edition's improvements aren't revolutionary, but the Amazon Kindle remains the best dedicated ebook reader on the market. |
Searcher
September 2000
Amy M. Kautzman |
Virtual Academy: Full Text in the Humanities and Social Sciences A discussion about the commercialization of full-text databases and how well they server the library and research community. Includes a list of free full-text humanities databases on the web. |
Information Today
April 12, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Tsunami -- From Antitrust to Burgeoning Sales The ebook tsunami is still in play; new issues, problems, and possibilities occur almost daily. We can do little more than watch, wonder, and improvise as the forces of innovation and commercialism work through this time of change in publishing. |
Searcher
October 2010
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Smart Generosity My ebooks should have an afterlife. After all, I've paid about the same price as a good paperback, but not only can't I give it to a library -- or anyone else in most cases -- I'm still looking for instructions on how to delete a book entry from my Kindle or iBook "libraries." |
Information Today
August 5, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Ways to Get Discounted and Free Ebooks The summer reading season is in full swing, and there are lots of options for downloading discounted ebooks. |
Information Today
August 22, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Books & Media Move to the Clouds; Apple, Amazon, and Walmart Fight for Market Share We can expect to see more posturing, product announcements, legal wrangling and, hopefully, consumers will see better ebook/app products at competitive prices. |
Information Today
February 28, 2011
Jill O'Neill |
Amazon Raises the Stakes in Your Reading Experience: The Platform War Continues In the first half of February 2011, Amazon announced an upgrade to the Kindle software, consisting of four elements. |
Information Today
January 10, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The Transformation Accelerates In the past year, the "if" and "when" questions for ebooks were answered -- electronic media are now clearly in the mainstream and even driving changes in all aspects of publication/distribution/use of information and literature. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Amazon May Pay Self-Published Authors No More Than $0.006 Per Page Read Last month, Amazon took a page out of Spotify's playbook, electing to start paying its self-published authors by the page rather than per download. |
Information Today
November 26, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Amazon Works to Kindle Interest in Its New Digital Reader While Amazon clearly hopes that it kindles folks' interest in reading books sold by Amazon, the launch of the reader has sparked a veritable firestorm of comments and reviews that range the gamut -- from praise to lust for the new gadget, to outright dismissal. |
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. |
Information Today
November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
Information Today
January 25, 2010
Nancy Herther |
The DOJ and ADA Mandate Ebook Readers Be Accessible to All Ebook reader makers received a major reality check earlier this month when, after investigating charges of Americans with Disabilities Act violations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced settlements with four major universities that had been part of the Kindle DX project |
Information Today
August 2007
Donald T. Hawkins |
O'Reilly Media Launches TOC Conference O'Reilly Media - publishers of computer technology and programming books with pictures of animals on the covers, the Hacks and Missing Manual series of books, MAKE and CRAFT magazines, and similar publications - launched a Tools of Change for Publishing conference in June. |
Information Today
August 27, 2012 |
LexisNexis eBooks Available on Amazon Kindle Store Additionally, LexisNexis eBooks on Kindle or through Kindle reading apps are also accessible through the recently launched LexisNexis Digital Library solution. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
Information Today
April 12, 2012 |
More Than 30,000 Spanish Language Titles in eBooks Kindle en Espanol Amazon.com, Inc. has a new Spanish-language ebook store within the Amazon.com Kindle Store entitled, "eBooks Kindle en Espanol." |
Searcher
March 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Branding What does this have to do with the daily lives of librarians? We have serious branding problems. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Amazon Vs. Google: Who Will Win the E-Book War? How long will the one-ups last? |
Information Today
September 10, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Amazon Fires Up the Tablet and Ebook Markets Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos gave a 90-minute presentation about its latest Kindle products that are aimed directly at challenging Apple's iPad. |
Salon.com
September 16, 2002
Christopher Dreher |
Bribes, threats and naked readings In a world where more and more new books get less and less attention, authors will do anything to promote their work. |
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. |
PC Magazine
February 9, 2009
Dan Costa |
Amazon Kindle 2 Amazon's evolutionary Kindle 2 pushes e-books another step closer to the mainstream. |
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?... |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Amazon's Killer App: the Kindle Even though tablets are on the rise, e-books stay strong. |
D-Lib
December 1999
Stevan Harnad |
Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals Whither the vaunted system of the peer-reviewed journal in this new age of nearly-free cyberpublishing? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Harry Teasley |
eBook Shoot-out: The Amazon Kindle 2 Leapfrogs Sony's Reader Small design changes can take a product from just okay to great |
