The Washington Post reports on the Amazon Kindle Library Lending Program going live in select locations. The eBook market leader is playing catch-up to such competitors as the Barnes and Noble Nook that has been offering the service for some time.
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Sep 12
Netflix for eBooks?
TheNextWeb Insider offers a report on a rumored move by Amazon.com to sign publishers on to a Netflix for eBooks that would be delivered through the Kindle platform. Not sure how this will develop but the service might be offered as part of Amazon Prime customer’s $79 per year membership. Win or fail, you’ve got …
Aug 21
Libraries and the eBook Revolution
The Globe and Mail explores the impact of the eBook Revolution on the traditional library system, and while there is great change in store, it isn’t the end of the world. The post also walks you through the basics for borrowing an eBook from a library. While the process is bound to have different quirks …
Jul 13
More on the Google eBook Reader
ABC has a post and video on Google’s new $139 eBook Reader that comes fully integrated with Google eBooks’ massive online library. The device goes on sale this Sunday. ITProPortal also offers a post on the Google Story eBook Reader. GMANewsOnline has more on the new Google device.
Jul 09
Selecting a device to suit your needs.
Click over to TechNewsDaily where they offer a how-to list on choosing the best eBook Reader for you.
Jul 07
Storm continues over HarperCollins Library Loan Limit
Many thanks to Jorgen for this link to a story at phillyBlurbs about the ongoing discontent surrounding HarperCollins’ arbitrary decision to limit eBook checkouts to 26 before the library has to repurchase it. Here a Philadelphia library activist protests this blatant cash grab with a petition bearing over 69,115 signatures.
Jun 29
Update on library eBook lending.
GoodeReader posted on the restrictions that face libraries that are joining the eBook Revolution. Some months ago, HarperCollins fired the first shot by arbitrarily deciding that 26 was the magic number of loans (downloads) allowed on a title before libraries had to renew the eBook license. It looked like a crock then, and it looks …
Jun 07
eBooks are closer to perfection that previously observed…
A couple days ago I linked up to a story by John C. Abell of Wired.com entitled “5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet.” Since then, a post at Laptop The Pulse of Mobile Tech has come to my attention in which author K. T. Bradford makes mincemeat out of Abell’s observations and delivers me …
Jun 03
Dark Valentine Magazine Ceases Publication with Anniversary Issue
Dark Valentine Magazine, a quarterly webzine first published in June 2010, will close its digital doors as of June 3, 2011 when the anniversary issue is uploaded to their site. The last issue, a collection of 15 stories in a variety of genres, is available for free download here: http://darkvalentine.net/ “We wanted to go out …
Apr 26
Battle Heats up on the eBook Technology Front
The eBook Revolution promises an exciting year on the multimedia, full-color tablet front as Sony announces its plans to bring not one but two new tablet-devices to compete in the market that is currently being dominated by Apple iPad. Read the full story at BBC. Added to the arrival of Rearch In Motion’s PlayBook and …
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