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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
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. |
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
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. |
Searcher
May 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
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. |
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
May 10, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form `Newco' -- A New Chapter for Ebooks On April 30, 2012, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced the end of their ongoing litigation and a joint partnership to further develop the NOOK and ebooks lines. |
Information Today
September 17, 2013
Barbara Brynko |
What's Trending in Ebooks The good news is that ebooks are holding their own and still commanding a sizable portion of the publishing pie. Consumer demand for ebooks is being heard in all market segments, including the library space. |
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. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
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. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Adam L. Penenberg |
Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on. |
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
August 5, 2014
George H. Pike |
Latest Salvo Fired in Amazon and Hachette's Dispute Last week, Amazon launched the latest salvo in its ongoing spat with Hachette Book Group over sales of Hachette books on Amazon.com, arguing that ebooks "should be less expensive" than print books. |
Information Today
March 12, 2012
Dan Tonkery |
Booki.sh Goes Into OverDrive The little startup from Melbourne, Australia, Booki.sh is joining the rapidly growing Cleveland-based OverDrive, the leading distributor of ebooks and digital audiobooks to libraries. |
InternetNews
March 19, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Aids Sony in Fight Against Amazon Kindle Google opens its digital library to Sony's e-reader, but the digital book battle with Amazon is just beginning as both companies chase the sweet spot - the commercial book market. |
Information Today
February 25, 2010 |
Over Drive Announces New Ebook Services for 2010 OverDrive, Inc., a distributor of ebooks and audiobooks for libraries and retailers, announced new services that will significantly expand its digital distribution network for copyrighted digital media. |
Information Today
May 3, 2012 |
Ebook Consumers Say Yes to Tablets, Says BISG Study Ebook consumers' preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to the Book Industry Study Group's closely watched "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading" survey. |
Information Today
October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
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
March 8, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
Information Today
April 30, 2012
Carol Ebbinghouse |
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." |
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
January 15, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Review of 2011 and Trends Watch 2012 Folks in the information industry will remember 2011 as one of adapting new technologies and testing viable business models for the new emerging information landscape. Librarians will likely remember it as a year of intense pressure to squeeze more from their budgets. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 5, 2010
Julia Hanna |
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing Book publishing is changing before our very eyes, even if the industry itself is fighting the transition with every comma it can muster. |
Information Today
January 19, 2009 |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library's download website. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2009 |
Will 2010 Be an Explosive Chapter for E-Readers? Interest in e-readers started to ramp up this year, but stayed tuned for what Gartner said will be e-reader mania. |
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. |
Information Today
November 2, 2009
Nancy Herther |
Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up BookServer is intended to be easy-to-use, while respecting authors' and publishers' interests |
Information Today
April 16, 2012 |
OverDrive to Preview Library Ebook Data at London Book Fair Data from OverDrive's global library network to be made available to participating libraries and publishers includes information about ebook and digital audiobook title circulation, book demand and holds, as well as web traffic and general demographics. |
InternetNews
August 28, 2009 |
Google's EPUB Embrace Challenges Kindle As Google's backing of open format for digital books lends merit to EPUB, is Amazon camped on boundary between front-runner and future failure? |
Information Today
July 30, 2012
George H. Pike |
Justice Department Responds to Ebook Lawsuit Objections The U.S. Department of Justice responded to public comments made objecting to the department's proposed settlement of price fixing charges levied against Apple, Inc., HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and four other publishers. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Will Sony Kill the Kindle? Real books are so last century. Sony hastens the demise of printing presses and book binders. |
Information Today
August 20, 2009
Nancy Herther |
Sony Announces New Ebook Readers and EPUB Standard Support "Sony's adoption of EPUB is a smart strategy for them, because creating another proprietary format is pointless," says Michael Norris, senior analyst for trade books at Simba Information. |
Information Today
July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
InternetNews
August 13, 2009 |
Sony Plans New Kindle Rival, Adopts Open Format Sony may unveil plans for a wireless e-reader while ditching proprietary digital book formats in a new assault on front-runner Amazon. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2010 |
Apps Coming to Amazon Kindle By taking a page from Apple's iPhone, App Store, and possibly, the widely expected Apple tablet, Amazon's move aims to broaden Kindle's capabilities for e-book publishers. |
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
January 3, 2013 |
OverDrive Announces Record Ebook Traffic and Next Gen Services Public libraries using OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of ebook, audiobook, music, and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day. |
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
July 1, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Amazon Buys iPhone E-Reader App Maker In a bid to extend e-reader reach beyond Kindle, Amazon scoops up firm behind the most popular eBook reader application for Apple's iPhone. |
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. |
