While it often seems like eBooks and eBook readers are a fairly new thing to public libraries, in fact Toronto Public Library has been providing access to this technology for over a decade. Back in the summer of 2000, we began a pilot project circulating two types of ebooks: Rocket ebook readers that contained a […]
Last summer I blogged about a class-action law suit that had been filed against Apple and the "Big 5" publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster) alleging price fixing for e-book titles. Now the U.S. Department of Justice has followed with a civil antitrust lawsuit against the same group, which alleges that "CEOs […]
A few months back Library Journal hosted a full day webinar called eBooks: The New Normal which featured a number of sessions discussing the impact of eBooks on school, academic, and public libraries. The opening presentation was by Ian Singer, VP, Group Publisher, Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book, and he shared […]
Earlier this month a class-action lawsuit was filed in the United States which claims that "Apple Inc. and five of the nation’s top publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group Inc. and Simon & Schuster Inc. illegally fix prices of electronic books, also known as e-books." The anti-trust litigation claims that […]
At the recent Handheld Librarian IV online conference, Scott Brown from Social Information Group held a session covering his top 40 apps for the iPhone/iPad and Android OS. A few were too U.S. centric for our uses (e.g. government tax codes), but here are the ones well worth checking out: iBooks Kindle Buzz Deck Reuters […]