NYTimes announced that Oprah is returning with a new, 21-century version of her book club (here is her intro video). The core of the undertaking are the customized, electronic editions of the club selection, available as e-books on all popular reading platforms (Kindle, Nook, and iOS – iBooks for iPad and iPhone). This is going […]
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News.Me vs. Flipboard, Zite, and RSS Readers: a Brief Review
April 22, 2011 
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After quite a buzz in the blogosphere, earlier this week (Thu, April 21) News.me app for iPad was released in the Apple iTunes store. The app has been developed with backing from and participation of the New York Times, and charges a weekly $0.99 subscription fee (beyond the 1st teaser week), so the expectations were […]
Read moreeBooks and Libraries: the Battle Lines Have Been Drawn…
March 1, 2011 1 Comment
Libraries have been with us as long as the books. And ebooks have been with us, in one form or another, since 1971 (see infographic).
Read moreEbooks and Scholarship
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Chronicle of Higher Education published a timely article (E-Books’ Varied Formats Make Citations a Mess for Scholars) about challenges of quoting e-books (and other sources with no page numbers) in research, and the difficulty that academic citation standards (MLA, APA, etc.) publishers face trying to keep up with the rapid changes in technology. What I found most […]
Read moreAlternatives to The Daily?
February 10, 2011 1 Comment
After a week of playing with The Daily, about which I wrote when it first launched. I have one pronouncement, and three comments to share: PRONOUNCEMENT: I give the thing three to five months before it folds. I think its chances for success are very, very slim. WHY is perhaps best explained by the following […]
Read moreGrowing Pains: Should you be worried about the future of Kindle books?
February 6, 2011 Comments Off
Many readers, especially those who have built substantial libraries of Kindle e-books, have been upset by recent grumblings coming from Apple. Let’s recap where we are, how we got here, and what the future scenarios may hold in store for e-books.
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