TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Barack Obama http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Suicide of Computer Genius Aaron Swartz: Time for presidential peacemaking in the online copyright wars http://www.teleread.com/copyright-reform/the-suicide-of-computer-genius-aaron-swartz-time-for-presidential-peacemaking-in-the-online-copyright-wars/ http://www.teleread.com/copyright-reform/the-suicide-of-computer-genius-aaron-swartz-time-for-presidential-peacemaking-in-the-online-copyright-wars/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:03:07 +0000 David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/?p=76701 After Henry Louis Gates, Jr., an African-American Harvard professor, was erroneously arrested for breaking and entering, Barack Obama spoke up. The President at first overdid his criticism of the police, but in the end played the meritable role of peacemaker, inviting both Prof. Gates and the arresting policeman to the White House for a “Beer Summit.” In time, Sgt. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/not-enough-library-e-books-to-feed-your-new-gadget-properly-well-stocked-national-digital-library-systems-could-help/feed/ 10 The White House Releases a Free Holiday E-Book http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-white-house-releases-a-free-holiday-e-book/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-white-house-releases-a-free-holiday-e-book/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:26:30 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=75174 We’re not entirely sure if the White House is now releasing a free holiday e-book on an annual basis. But we do know that taking a December tour of a seasonally-bedecked White House—presumably decorated by the First Lady—is something of a longstanding D.C. tradition. According to the official White House website, Michelle Obama’s 2012 holiday [...]

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