Resource Shelf has this great tip. Quoted in full: Here’s one to share with others either on your library web site, blog or directly to users when they visit the library. The Internet Archive/Open Library and Amazon.com/Kindle have created a cool and useful service for Kindle owners who use (or should be using) the Open Library (OL). The Open Library is an “initiative” of the Internet Archive and through a partnership with Amazon.com allow some public domain titles accessible in the OL to now be sent directly to a Kindle device (with just a couple of clicks). Of course, transmission fees may apply. The...

Looking for something to read?  Tired of not finding anything or the same old titles you've already read?  You might consider the reworked Open Library, located at http://upstream.openlibrary.org/. If you’ve ever experienced frustration in finding something to read for your device, then this is the site for you!  Don’t jump from app store to app store to publisher’s site and more!  Instead, head on over to the new and improved Open Library and download something today!  With lots of search options and titles galore, you’ll find some great stuff to put on your device. So what about this digital library?  An ongoing...

The Apple iPad will not kill the Kindle. In this installment of my Kindle shakedown series, I contend that the ideal ereader should not become a multipurpose device like the forthcoming iPad, or the HP Slate, or whatever comes next. It should instead become a fully dual-purpose device, with two screens dedicated for the two purposes of reading and writing. Some say the multipurpose iPad will kill the single-purpose Kindle. I disagree. This year I have discovered the joy of single-purpose devices. Most computers are multipurpose devices, designed to do everything but not always in the best way. I easily prefer...