Libraries

My Amazon Kindles, even the $290 Oasis, won't do all-text bold regardless of all the pleas from me and others to jeff@amazon.com and friends. So shouldn't I use my Kobo Aura H2O instead to enjoy OverDrive library...

(Updated early Feb. 11, 2016.) Props to Amazon, sort of. The Helvetica font will be restored to a more readable weight than the anorexic one in the latest update for E Ink...

Voice Dream Reader, the text to speech champ, is out with a new version for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. A "Pac-Man mode" is said to help you double your reading speed "with no...

How to reinvent brick-and-mortar libraries for the e-book era---when you can download library books at home? For clues, we might look to Vancouver. Planners want to leverage the library's role as a public gathering space. The renovation...

Novelist-blogger Joanna Penn interviewed Mark Lefebvre---Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo---under a sponsored content arrangement. Ahead is her summary of topics. Keep in mind that Amazon isn't the sales leader everywhere, so, especially if you live outside the U.S., you might well find the video worth your time. What's more, Kobo has corporate ties with the OverDrive library service.

From a JSTOR Announcement: On September 6, 2011, we announced that we are making journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870...

A blog post from Emily VanBuren at Inside Higher Ed, detailing apps for cataloging and organizing your library, dating from 2014, moved me to look at more up-to-date - and cross-platform...

EBSCO started out as a magazine index, but the company has continued to grow and evolve. It now represents a discovery service and e-book aggregator in addition to doing more with...

An AARP staffer is contacting Amazon to see what it will do about the Kindle's lack of all-bold capability---needed by so many older owners and potential owners. Even the new $290 Kindle Oasis lacks this essential...

I don’t often run across TeleRead stories in person, though it does happen from time to time. Oddly enough, the story I came across lately actually happened in the very same...