The link below is to an article that takes a look at Australia’s libraries and how users use them and ebooks.
For more visit:
http://theconversation.com/we-like-e-readers-but-library-users-are-still-borrowing-books-28247
Monthly Archives: June 2014
How Important Are Library Sales to the University Press? One Case Study
Not My Review: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
The link below is to a book review of ‘Mr. Mercedes,’ by Stephen King.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/ebook-review-mr-mercedes-by-stephen-king
Apple and Ebooks
The link below is to an article that looks at why Apple has lost the ebook war.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-zack/why-apple-has-lost-the-eb_b_5509413.html
Not My Review: Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm (1911)
The link below is to a book review of ‘Zuleika Dobson,’ by Max Beerbohm.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/23/zuleika-dobson-max-beerbohm-100-best-novels
Reading Books on the Amazon Fire
DRM is unfortunate, but it’s not the problem in Hachette vs. Amazon
Let me start with the obligatory assurance that I’m no fan of DRM technologies. That’s why I use (illegal) tools to break it if I want to buy an ebook from another retailer and read it on my Kindle(s AMZN). Yet I disagree with author and BoingBoing co-editor Cory Doctorow’s argument that DRM plays a big role in the ongoing dispute between Amazon and book publisher Hachette.
In a column in the Guardian Friday, Doctorow wrote that “because Hachette has been such a staunch advocate of DRM,” it hasn’t been able to take advantage of “a whole range of tactics” that would be available to it if it dropped DRM:
“Amazon’s ebook major competitors – especially Apple and Google – have lots of market clout, and their customers are already carrying around ebook readers (tablets and phones). Hachette could easily play hardball with Amazon by taking out an ad campaign whose message…
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Ebook subscription site Oyster expands to Android, Kindle Fire and Nook tablets
The $9.95 per month ebook subscription service Oyster, which was previously only available on iOS(s AAPL), expanded to Android(s GOOG), Kindle(s AMZN) Fire and Nook(s BKS) HD tablets Tuesday — thus removing one of the differentiating factors between it and rival service Scribd. New features include “read time” for books (there is a similar feature on Kindle e-readers) and the ability to turn a book’s pages using the volume buttons on an Android device. Oyster, which is based in NYC and launched in fall 2013, now has over 500,000 titles, with two of the big-five publishers — Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins — participating.
Apple Settles Lawsuit
The link below is to an article reporting on Apple’s lawsuit settlement over ebook pricing.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/apple-settles-out-of-court-in-840m-lawsuit
Not My Review: 50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland by Allan Brown
The link below is to a book review of ’50 People Who Screwed Up Scotland,’ by Allan Brown.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/20/50-people-screwed-up-scotland-allan-brown-review
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