Tuesday 28 June 2011

Article - Library E-Book Checkouts Get a Major Boost

Audrey, W. (2011, June 15). Library E-Book checouts Get a Major Boost. Retrieved July 29, 2011, from ReadWriteWeb: htt://www.readwriteweb.com/
This article the authority of which I am uncettain, states that the digital content distributer will make it possible for libraries to lend Kindle books to their patrons.  There is no bias detected in this article, the intended audience is library staff, library patrons and e-book readers.
The article states that less than 15% of people in a recent survey indicated that they turned to libraries for their digital content and that earlier this year Amazon announced that it would be working with Overdrive in order to make it possible for libraries to lend Kindle books to their patrons.  the article is brief yet interesting to those persons interested in the digital world.
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5 comments:

  1. oniea5 July 2011 at 18:22

    This looks like an intersting blog, Kerry. Good evalutation and citation.

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  2. Leanne Jay5 July 2011 at 22:37

    I found this one a little hard to find until I noticed the search box, yes sitting in front of my eyes. Anyway this is the address for those who don't want to search. Interesting concept, lending the reader as well as the e-book, it would actually convince me to try it out but I still think they need to make the books universal for the readers for them to really take off. Good find.
    http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/library_e-book_checkouts_get_a_major_boost.php

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  3. MotherMoonshine5 July 2011 at 23:28

    This is an interesting idea Kerry. Big business working with a 'community service'!. Win win all around if it stays that way.....

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  4. Danielle12 July 2011 at 17:31

    I didn't know that Ebook readers all have there own format- that probably holding them back, it's a bit of a mess with the different readers and what's availble where. J.K. Rowling recently announced she's reasling Harry Potter E-books- from her own site. wise choice, it allows her to have control, and keeps any one provider from having the monopoly.

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  5. catherine fraser29 July 2011 at 00:05

    I think it could work quite well, but i'm also rather biased because i think something would be lost if we got rid of paper books. reading them on a pad just wouldn't be the same to me

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