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E-book market update

February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · E-books

It seems like I’ve been on an e-book tear lately but with the market changing so rapidly, I find it helpful to share. Today I met with a representative from Baker and Taylor who shared their new e-book product.  Their marketing I find a bit confusing because of so many different product names, but their [...]

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E-book advocacy

January 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · E-books

Or  news  from the quagmire that is the e-book market…. In Kansas State librarian Jo Budler’s session at ALA Midwinter,  “Do I Own These E-books or Not,”  Budler summarized the issues that Kansas State had faced with Overdrive’s e-book contract, which in its earlier iteration, allowed libraries to “keep” their content after discontinuing Overdrive.   The [...]

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