“The US trade associations for public libraries and book publishers exchanged heated words last week regarding the growing impasse over e-book lending.”
via Publisher-Library Feud over E-Books Heats Up « Copyright and Technology.
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Sourcebooks Upgrades the Bard with ‘The Shakesperience’ Digital Editions
“In the latest effort to use digital technology to transform how consumers, students, and teachers engage classic literature, Sourcebooks is releasing The Shakesperience, enhanced e-books that exploit the iPad’s touchscreen technology to bring Shakespeare’s plays to life in new ways with a rich selection of carefully chosen multimedia and text. Sourcebooks is releasing Shakesperience editions of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Othello today, selling for $9.99 via Apple’s iBookstore.”
via Sourcebooks Upgrades the Bard with ‘The Shakesperience’ Digital Editions.
ALA Officials Ask for ‘Equitable Access to E-books at Fair Prices’
After an eventful week in the press, ALA officials and publishers engaged in a cordial exchange over e-books yesterday at an event hosted by the Association of American Publishers at their Fifth Avenue offices. Under a strict admonishment not to talk about specific business models or policies, due to antitrust concerns, ALA president Maureen Sullivan explained the basis of an ALA open letter published this week, before opening up the floor for an open exchange with the 70 or so publishers in attendance.
via ALA Officials Ask for ‘Equitable Access to E-books at Fair Prices’.
The Digital Shift — Publishers Must Embrace EPUB 3’s Accessibility Features | BEA 2012
The Digital Shift — Top Libraries in U.S. and Canada Issue Statement Demanding Better Ebook Services
Collection of Recent Links: The Ebooks DRM Issue Accelerates
More articles on the DRM and Ebooks issue…
Momentum Builds for DCL’s eBook Model from The Digital Shift
Changing Policies On Digital Books Wreak Havoc on Libraries from Mind/Shift
Publisher Experiments I’d Like to See from Dear Author
Will publishers start to question DRM? from Bibliographic Wilderness
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Collection of Recent Links: EBooks & Publishers
The Digital Reader — Free Library of Philadelphia Lawsuit Casts a Pall Over eReader Lending Programs Everywhere
Quotable: “In any case, libraries are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they need to support all patrons with their programs.”
guardian.co.uk | Technology — Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers
The Digital Shift — New Library Website Petitions Publishers Over Restrictive Ebook Policies
Engadget — Warner Bros. intros ‘Inside the Script’ eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look
Unique eBook content. I could see these types of eBooks value-added additions to film studies databases in academic libraries.
Warner Bros. intros ‘Inside the Script’ eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look — Engadget.
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