ebooks

My thoughts on the Harper Collins/Overdrive controversy

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

The library world is abuzz about Harper Collins changing the terms by which libraries can license their books on Overdrive. If you haven’t read about it already, here’s some background info. I’m not particularly up-in-arms about what Harper Collins did; I’m far more concerned with the e-content licensing models so many libraries have been blithely [...]

The eBook User’s Bill of Rights

Monday, February 28th, 2011

I hope to write up some of my thoughts on the Harper Collins/Overdrive controversy this week, but for now, I’m posting an eBook User’s Bill of Rights sent to me by a librarian I trust and respect greatly, Sarah Houghton-Jan. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should [...]

Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

I really like eBooks, which is something that surprised me when I won my Kindle last Spring in a raffle. In fact, just about every book I’ve read since then has been on my Kindle or occasionally on my husband’s iPad (I greatly prefer reading on the Kindle). When I first assumed I would hate [...]