The link below is to an article about a new crowd-sourcing site designed for books. If you’re looking to get a book published, have a look at this article and consider Unbound.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fund-publish-books-with-unbound-crowdfunding/
Providing more evidence of a rapid move towards the digital age and ebooks, the Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader sales have grown significantly. The link below is to an article reporting on the increased revenues.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/nook-revenues-up-34-3-in-fiscal-2012_b23918
The link below is to an article that explains how to consider and compare the various ebook platforms.
For more visit:
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/how-to-compare-e-book-platforms-part-i/
The link below is to an article that looks at the digital age and user rights.
For more visit:
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/05292012/digital-dilemma-ebooks-and-users-rights
The link below is to an article reporting on how to borrow the Harry Potter ebooks for free – but you do need to be an Amazon Prime member to do so. They are available from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/harry-potter-ebooks-now-available-to-borrow-from-kindle_b23908
It would appear that you also need to be in the USA. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library site provides more information on how to access ebooks.
The link below is to an article about book discovery (how books are discovered) and includes an infographic.
For more visit:
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/372-anatomy-of-book-discovery-a-case-study
The link below is to an article looking at ebook sales, with the consequence being that the earlier article posted concerning ebooks as just for porn, etc, looks increasingly ridiculous.
For more visit:
http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/06/18/off-the-ebook-shelf/
The link below is to an article that… well, the opinion expressed in it is nonsense. It seems to me to be an opinion of someone who likes living in the good old days.
For more visit:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9334525/E-books-are-for-porn-but-real-books-with-survive-says-award-winning-author.html
The link below is to an Infographic – ‘Do E-Reader Owners Read More Books?’
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/06/01/e-reading-trends/
The link below is to an article that asks the question, ‘how pretty should books be?’ This is an interesting question. Do books need to be pretty or is good content enough? What do you think?
For more visit:
http://www.torontostandard.com/culture/they-become-what-they-behold-or-how-pretty-should-a-book-be
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