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Archive for the 'E-Books' Category

Eyeing ‘e-books’ for future law students

September 22nd, 2008

NLJ - “Law professors and publishing executives plan to meet later this month in Seattle to discuss how legal casebooks could be made available electronically on a widespread basis, particularly on new handheld devices such as Kindle and Sony Reader Digital Book.”

‘In praise of shyness’: The e-book angle

January 20th, 2008

Great piece by David Rothman.

Sharing

January 6th, 2008

Collections 2.0 - “On what planet is it UNacceptable for me to buy a book, read it, and then hand it to my wife so she can read it?”

Hahvard’s New Directah

November 1st, 2007

David Rothman has some info.

eBooks Making a Comeback?

September 14th, 2007

Tony Glover - “Harry Potter and his wizarding chums may be about to make a digital publishing leap. Online bookseller Amazon has plans to unveil a wireless electronic book reader, a kind of literary iPod, which already has UK publishers scrambling to digitize their entire range of titles. The device, which sources claim could be [...]

Print Is Dead. The Book.

September 11th, 2007

Jeff Gomez - “Last week I received the first copy of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age, from my editor in the UK.”

More on ebooks

August 29th, 2007

BusinessWeek - “Nearly 10 Months After its debut, the Sony Reader is hardly a game changer.”

E-books - Fiction

August 12th, 2007

David Rothman Isabelle Fetherston - “Why libraries should offer popular fiction—in both print and e-book formats.”