‘Sony Reader gets naked – internal pics for all to see!’
Here, from "lint" and Bob Russell at MobileRead.
Boucher attacks Copyright Office ruling on DMCA
"U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D.-Va.), a longtime champion of fair use rights, said Thursday the Copyright Office's ruling earlier this week denying consumers the right to make 'fair use' copies...
E-books meeting resistance at Brown University
Details from the Brown Daily Herald. Excerpt: "Davila herself has not bought any electronic textbooks, nor does she know anybody else who has. 'I'm a little old-fashioned,' she said, referring...
The Cybook and the 97-year-old grandmother
Here's a follow-up to our Cybook post--a message from Laurent Picard of Bookeen, the company behind the machine:We recently heard from a 97-year-old grandmother (she was 96 when her granddaughter...
Wise words from ’98
"It is obvious from the current electronic book specifications that standards and interoperability need to be discussed in order for electronic books to get past the novelty stage. All four...
Questia in the black, says Blackmask owner
So who says the last word has been written on Questia, topic of an aggressively critical piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education? Here's the take of David Moynihan of...
Needed: More e-books for minorities
"There is a significant lack of material in a variety of subject areas. Fiction and nonfiction featuring or about minorities is in particularly short supply. There is very little about...
Ethan Frome featured in chatcast tonight
From academic librarian Tom Peters--whom you can contact for further details: The Meting of the Minds Online Book Discussion Group at 7 p.m. CST today will discuss the classic...
In a digital world, movies and books face different and similar problems
Every so often, it’s kind of instructive to look around at other new media and see how their problems compare to good ol’ e-books’. Case in point, physical media vs. electronic....
‘The ‘E’ Doesn’t Stand for ‘Easy to Use”: Tower of eBabel mention on Chronicle...
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Web site is pointing to my Publishers Weekly article on the Tower of eBabel. Great. Academics might also be interested in a standards-related article that OpenReader...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
