My colleague Chris wrote the other day about e-books and the ‘generational shift.’ He notes that one article on this subject even used the phrase ‘young people today’ non-ironically when ...
http://teleread.com/why-are-e-books-still-presented-as-an-eitheror-argument/
The Boing Boing store has a special going on right now for something called ‘The Essential Speed-Reading Bundle.’ The bundle has subscriptions to some video bundles which help you learn to bo...
I’ve been following the news coming out of WWDC and it had me wondering how long it’s going to take until we move toward a one-OS system. By that, I don’t mean ‘Apple Wins!’ or ‘Micro...
I have been a long-time fan of the Calibre e-book library software. I use it often to organize and categorize my books. But many of the functions which first drew me to Calibre have become a tad ...
After my post regarding Amazon’s crackdown on ‘interactive’ e-books, I started asking for a clarification of just what this means. Is any form of URL linking permitted inside an e-book? Ho...
My colleague Chris was asking just a few days ago why people are not ‘innovating’ in e-books these days. Well, here’s why: Amazon doesn’t want us to. They seem to be cracking down on titl...
http://teleread.com/is-amazon-trying-to-kill-interactive-e-books/
I love an author who can roll with the times. The heroine of The Obsession, by Nora Roberts (photo), is a tech-savvy, e-book reading photographer. Naomi Carson is delightful and made this otherw...
Digital libraries aren’t just about providing public domain classics and pleasure reading. They can serve an extremely valuable role in the preservation of historical documents, and provide acc...
http://teleread.com/the-role-of-e-libraries-in-heritage-preservation/
Do you use websites like Shelfari or Goodreads to actually discover new books to read? I’d never thought of that question before. I use Goodreads primarily for stats-keeping purposes, to keep a...
We’ve been covering the e-book pricing issue facing our public libraries for some time. Well, in my area, the debate over library e-book pricing seems to be heating up. As The Star explains: La...
http://teleread.com/update-on-library-campaign-for-lower-e-book-prices/