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Amazon Now Allows Schools to Buy Apps in Bulk (for tablets) with Whispercast
Amazon launched its Whispercast for Kindle tablets a few months ago and this new program allows schools to deliver ebooks and content to an entire fleet of tablets. This is very useful for IT staff...
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Amazon ‘Send to Kindle’ Function Now Available for WordPress
I already have add-ons for my browsers that do this (purely for testing purposes honestly,) and I’m not sure that I want a button on my blog that only sends to a single platform, however… The “Send to...
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IMLS Advisory: e-book reader lending programs
“The purpose of this advisory is to provide information to help ensure that electronic book readers, and other emerging technologies, are used in library settings in a manner that is permissible under...
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Want a free Nook Simple Touch?
The prediction was that the Kindle would be free by now. Alas, that hasn’t come to pass. Yet Barnes & Noble is pushing the free envelope with this deal: Barnes and Noble, arguably the only real...
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Electronic lending and public libraries: Folding shelves
In publishers’ eyes librarians are “sitting close to Satan”, declared Phil Bradley, president of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He was addressing indignant librarians...
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ReDigi Loses: You Can’t Resell Your MP3s (Unless You Sell Your Whole Hard Drive)
I wonder how this will impact Amazon.com’s idea that you’ll be able to resell “used” ebooks. Basically, under this interpretation, you can never “transfer” a digital file. You can only make a...
View ArticleAL Live: The Present and Future of E-Books
I attended this session yesterday and if you missed it but are interested in the topic, this is a session you should take the time to watch.
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens
On reading print vs. ‘e’ when it comes to the brain: In most cases, paper books have more obvious topography than onscreen text. An open paperback presents a reader with two clearly defined domains—the...
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James Patterson wants a bookstore bailout
I’m not really sure how I feel about his idea (shown right) but he does make some good points about the speed of change and whether it’s going so fast that some people aren’t really thinking it...
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RaspberryPi: Creating an eBook server
So I’ve set up my RaspberryPi to actually do something other than sit there: I’ve turned it into an eBook server using Calibre. I’ll admit it’s similar to the Library Box in concept but works a bit...
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Amazon Fights to Keep Secrets in E-book Trial
Amazon attorneys last week filed a letter with the court asking that it be allowed to redact sensitive business information about its Kindle e-book program gathered as evidence for the upcoming Apple...
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How Kindle Promotes Bad Book-Reading Hygiene
Morphologically, my Kindle belongs to the genus of handheld devices and tablets more than that of books or libraries. And it’s almost Pavlovian by now to consume on-screen information by briskly...
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Major Book Publishers Demand Identities of Usenet Uploaders (Remember Usenet?)
Some of the world’s largest book publishers are going after two prolific Usenet uploaders. The publishers have obtained subpoenas from a federal court in the District of Columbia which require major...
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Dear Publishers
DRM is dumb. DRM does not work. DRM is the Empire is tightening its fist, which only forces more star systems to slip through its fingers. You know how our war on terrorism basically begets more...
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Come hear me speak at Library 2.013 (online)
Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, http://www.library2013.com. The conference is once again being held entirely online around...
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Students Found to Rely on Pirated Textbooks to Save Costs
A study conducted by NetNames has revealed an unlikely source for the bulk of ebook piracy: students. The online security company further revealed that the extent of piracy is even more startling, with...
View ArticleLibrary 2.013 – eBooks & eReaders: Past, Present & Future
Here are the video and my slides from my eBooks & eReaders presentation for the Library 2.013 conference delivered earlier today. eBooks & eReaders: Past, Present & Future from Michael Sauers
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Editing ePub files
The moment I figured out that ePub files are actually just a zip file full of HTML, CSS, and image files, it felt like something in my world just shifted a few degrees off it’s axis. Today’s tip is for...
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Who’s stealing eBooks? (Infographic)
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Harper Collins starts watermarking eBooks
This week HarperCollins and anti-piracy company Digimarc announced the debut of a new ebook watermarking system to enable the identification of leak points in the company’s supply chain. TorrentFreak...
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