Top Ten Links 2.3 – All About Ebooks
My personally selected top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 1.16.2011 through 1.22.2011. In no particular order About Top Ten Links – I share a lot on Twitter over the course of a week. I know...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on the Kindle Lending Library at Library Renewal
I’ve shared some additional thoughts about the news of the forthcoming Kindle Lending Library, as Amazon likes to call, or as we librarians like to call it, Kindle owners will finally be able to use...
View ArticleHow to Check Out (and Return!) Library eBooks from OverDrive on Your Amazon...
Or any Kindle application including the Cloud Reader. Having gone through this process myself I can say it is almost like magic, especially compared to the pain and suffering that is Adobe Digital...
View ArticlePublic Library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle – We Got Screwed
Don’t get me wrong, as a consumer I was celebrating as much as the next guy (or gal) last week about library ebooks (from OverDrive) FINALLY being available on the ever popular Amazon Kindle. I love my...
View ArticleeBook Link Round Up from Internet Librarian #il2011
During the two day ebook track in at Internet Librarian there were a lot of references to articles, reports and books, by myself, and others so I thought I would put together a link round up. Content...
View ArticleHow to Extend the Due Date of Your Library eBook on the Kindle
Just a friendly tip from your friendly online librarian. It is pretty easy to “extend” the due date of the library ebook you check out to your kindle, just turn your wireless connection off until...
View ArticleAmazon Announces Kindle Lending Library for Prime Members
If you have been paying attention you knew it was coming. The Kindle Lending Library from Amazon. If you own a Kindle, yes you have to have a device not an app, and a Prime Membership you can now...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Your Patrons About Penguin & Other Publishers Not Loaning...
[edited 2/11/2012] I feel I need to clarify that Penguin did not stop doing business with libraries, they stopped doing business with OverDrive, read more here. And how to get them to talk to the...
View ArticleMea Culpa on Penguin and Libraries and An Alternative to OverDrive
I feel I need to make a clarification on yesterday’s post title How to Talk to Your Patrons About Penguin & Other Publishers Not Loaning eBooks to Libraries - Penguin did NOT stop doing business...
View ArticlePatron Privacy in Age of Digital Service #nisoprivacy
On Thursday the first meeting of the NISO committee to develop a Consensus Framework to Support Patron Privacy in Digital Library and Information Systems took place. This initiative is funded by a...
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