(title unknown) via The Reader's Advisor Online Blog by Cindy Orr on 4/12/09
Digital Future*Tim O’Reilly, the founder of O’Reilly Publishing, predicts that the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader will be gone in two years if Amazon does not make changes so that the content can be read on other devices.
Rumor has it that Barnes and Noble is working on an ebook reader of its own.
Protestors marched outside the headquarters of The Author’s Guild, which recently convinced Amazon to remove text-to-speech capablities form its Kindle reader, demanding that the robotic voices be put back so that disabled readers could use the device too.
Showing posts with label ebooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebooks. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Romance Readers Love E-Books!
From
Romance: E-Ink Inroads via In the Bookroom on 3/24/09
Fictionwise, a major ebook retailer with total 2008 U.S. sales of at least $100M that was recently acquired by Barnes & Noble, has just acknowledged that 50 percent of its sales are romances (Wall Street Journal, 3/6/09).
There has been some discussion about the merits of various e-readers at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books including e-reader reviews and places to purchase
While Kindle is good, romance readers are stuck with only books available on Amazon. The Sony 770 seems to be the best reviewed recently. Also information on price-shopping
E-book Price Shopping
Sony 700 Review: Individual All-Around Competition
Kindle II Review: Individual All Around Competition
Kindle for iPhone: Available Now
Romance: E-Ink Inroads via In the Bookroom on 3/24/09
Fictionwise, a major ebook retailer with total 2008 U.S. sales of at least $100M that was recently acquired by Barnes & Noble, has just acknowledged that 50 percent of its sales are romances (Wall Street Journal, 3/6/09).
There has been some discussion about the merits of various e-readers at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books including e-reader reviews and places to purchase
While Kindle is good, romance readers are stuck with only books available on Amazon. The Sony 770 seems to be the best reviewed recently. Also information on price-shopping
E-book Price Shopping
Sony 700 Review: Individual All-Around Competition
Kindle II Review: Individual All Around Competition
Kindle for iPhone: Available Now
Monday, March 9, 2009
Top Overdrive NF downloads
From:
OverDrive's Most Downloaded NF Audiobook Speaks Volumes via In the Bookroom on 3/7/09
Not library-specific but interesting.
Here are the top 10:
Download Audiobooks - Adult Nonfiction
Months on List
1.
25 Things to Say to the Interviewer, to Get the Job You Want, by Dexter Hawk (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
2.
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama (Books on Tape)
3.
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Hachette Audio)
4.
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Hachette Audio)
5.
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Tantor Media)
6.
The 4-Hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferriss (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
7.
Get Organized the Clear and Simple Way , by Marla Dee (Gildan Media Corp)
8.
The Now Habit , by Neil Fiore, Ph.D. (Gildan Media Corp)
9.
How To Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less, by Nicholas Boothman (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
10.
100 Ways To Bring Out Your Best, by Roger Fritz (Books In Motion)
OverDrive's Most Downloaded NF Audiobook Speaks Volumes via In the Bookroom on 3/7/09
Not library-specific but interesting.
Here are the top 10:
Download Audiobooks - Adult Nonfiction
Months on List
1.
25 Things to Say to the Interviewer, to Get the Job You Want, by Dexter Hawk (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
2.
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama (Books on Tape)
3.
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Hachette Audio)
4.
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Hachette Audio)
5.
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Tantor Media)
6.
The 4-Hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferriss (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
7.
Get Organized the Clear and Simple Way , by Marla Dee (Gildan Media Corp)
8.
The Now Habit , by Neil Fiore, Ph.D. (Gildan Media Corp)
9.
How To Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less, by Nicholas Boothman (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
10.
100 Ways To Bring Out Your Best, by Roger Fritz (Books In Motion)
Cell phone use greater than internet use
From:
4 Very Interesting Statistics via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 3/8/09
To summarize:
More than half of the world's population use cell phones
Only 1/4 of the world's population uses the internet
Facebook is growing and growing and growing...
Biggest trend in Apple iTunes app store? Books
4 Very Interesting Statistics via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 3/8/09
To summarize:
More than half of the world's population use cell phones
Only 1/4 of the world's population uses the internet
Facebook is growing and growing and growing...
Biggest trend in Apple iTunes app store? Books
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
E-Book Good News!
Will they be Kindle-Only? Overdrive? We don't know from the release, but keep your eyes open!
Steel, Grisham, Clancy Finally Allow Digital BooksDanielle Steel has joined Tom Clancy and John Grisham in the roster of big name authors who have finally agreed to allow the release of their titles in eBook format. In Steel’s case, that’s 71, count ‘em, 71 titles.
(title unknown)
via The Reader's Advisor Online Blog by Cindy Orr on 2/22/09
Steel, Grisham, Clancy Finally Allow Digital BooksDanielle Steel has joined Tom Clancy and John Grisham in the roster of big name authors who have finally agreed to allow the release of their titles in eBook format. In Steel’s case, that’s 71, count ‘em, 71 titles.
(title unknown)
via The Reader's Advisor Online Blog by Cindy Orr on 2/22/09
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Best Newsread Lately
As usual, Stephen Abram gives us tons of good things to think about, ponder, try out, and, most importantly, apply to our vision of libraries present and future.
I'm already completely won over by #11 - ebooks (especially audio) and #15 - RSS. I am getting anxious to try new ways of #4 tagging records in the catalog. For my library I'd love to see efficient ways of using #14 Cloud Software.
20 Things to Watch
via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 3/7/08
So, what’s on my list of things to pay extra special attention to? When we’re deluged, swamped and overwhelmed by news and blog postings and other media, what do I use as my filter to trap just the important stuff that will matter to libraries? I am not going to purport that this column lists everything I pay attention to but it is a basic list of the things that I think will have a big impact on enterprises, libraries, information and librarians in the next five years. This article lists, in no particular order, 20 of the ones I think are worth watching. In the messy world of environmental and technology scanning nothing comes neatly packaged or sorted.
Information Outlook, Mar. 2008 Issue20 Things to Watch
I'm already completely won over by #11 - ebooks (especially audio) and #15 - RSS. I am getting anxious to try new ways of #4 tagging records in the catalog. For my library I'd love to see efficient ways of using #14 Cloud Software.
20 Things to Watch
via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 3/7/08
So, what’s on my list of things to pay extra special attention to? When we’re deluged, swamped and overwhelmed by news and blog postings and other media, what do I use as my filter to trap just the important stuff that will matter to libraries? I am not going to purport that this column lists everything I pay attention to but it is a basic list of the things that I think will have a big impact on enterprises, libraries, information and librarians in the next five years. This article lists, in no particular order, 20 of the ones I think are worth watching. In the messy world of environmental and technology scanning nothing comes neatly packaged or sorted.
Information Outlook, Mar. 2008 Issue20 Things to Watch
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