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OverDrive – School Download Library Access Agreement
You may not download Digital Content to any school media center or library Device or any other school-issued Device that allows for access by multiple users. Digital Content may be used on...
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Kno Launches K–12 E-Textbooks, Geared Toward Parents, Home Use
Education software outfit Kno has partnering with publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to offer interactive textbooks for K–12 students. The digital titles are available for the iPad, Android, Windows 7...
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myliblog: ALA releases ebook business models
Washington, DC – Based on conversations with publishers and deliberations on the ebook market, the American Library Association (ALA) today released Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries, a report...
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Open thread: Amazon forces Unglue.it to Suspend Crowdfunding for Creative...
Amazon Payments has informed us that they will no longer process pledge payments for Unglue.it, forcing us to suspend all active ungluing campaigns. According to a Senior Account Manager at...
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Startup challenges textbook market by packaging open access materials |...
Textbook publishers have almost boundless disdain for Boundless Learning, and it's not hard to see why. The company, which unveiled an upgraded, public iteration of its software Wednesday after a year...
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ALA Releases Report on Library E-book Business Models
Responding to what it calls “urgent member concerns,” the American Library Association’s Digital Content & Libraries Working Group this week released a brief informational report on the e-book...
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Rightsizing Digital Content Purchase Groups | American Libraries Magazine
I guess the winner will be either the squeakiest library type—or maybe nobody. An example of the breakdown is happening right now.See it on Scoop.it, via eBooks, eReaders, and Libraries
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Barnes & Noble Cuts Nook Prices
Barnes & Noble dropped the prices of its three tablets, including slashing $50 from the price of its 16-gigabyte Nook Tablet to $199.See it on Scoop.it, via eBooks, eReaders, and Libraries
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Go To Hellman: Why I'm not mad at Amazon
Amazon seems moderately competent to me. That puts them in the top decile of large American corporations. So when Sarah Houghton, the "Librarian in Black" tweeted me "I hope you won't mind if I'm still...
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NYPL Launches Series of Free iBooks | LJ INFOdocket
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Sony's New Ereader Faces Uphill Battle | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Sony announces it latest ereader is ready for order. Now it has to convince consumers to ignore the two big book sellers on the web and use its own book store.See it on Scoop.it, via eBooks, eReaders,...
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Make-your-own-ebooks platform: Aerbook Maker
I’ve spent the past few months reporting on platforms that help school librarians make ebooks available to their patrons. But what about librarians and other educators who want to go beyond a read-only...
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Quarter of U.S. Adults Consider Themselves E-Book Readers, According to New...
[Press Release] E-Book User Base Expands to 24.5% of Adult Population Simba Information, the market research firm specializing in publishing and media,...See it on Scoop.it, via eBooks, eReaders, and...
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Amazon set to introduce new Kindles at September 6 event
Amazon has sent out invites for a press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., where it's expected the company will introduce new Kindle devices. Read this blog post by David Carnoy on E-book readers.See...
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E-Books, I'll Miss You
A gadget lover ends a long-term relationship with his e-reader and rediscovers the joys of paper.See it on Scoop.it, via eBooks, eReaders, and Libraries
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myliblog: Suppose we win?
The best outcome is NOT that the Big Six, a tiny segment of today's publishing activity, get a further lock on library resources. Simply selling us yet another format of titles we already have further...
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Ursula K. Le Guin: A Blog (2012) Post 56 Libraries and eBooks
It can be just as fast and easy to order an ebook from the library as to buy it online, and it costs nothing. Why would anyone buy an ebook from the publisher if the library has it for free?So why...
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Sacramento Public Library Reaches Settlement Over E-Book Readers for Blind |...
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RebelMouse: Smart Curation for the Classroom - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of...
Undoubtedly Twitter is a powerful communication tool. However, using Twitter in the classroom presents challenges. Simply embedding a tweet stream on blogs or webpages is not enough because all tweets...
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Life With E-Books
Discussions between libraries and the big six publishers over e-book lending have grabbed headlines in 2012, but despite cordial statements from each side about the benefits of communication, a report...
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