There I was sitting comfortably on Christmas Eve, successfully ignoring my in-laws by reading an eBook borrowed through OverDrive on my Kobo, when I saw this press release. Now, I’m not knowledgeable enough in for-profit[…]
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Tag: eBooks
Really, Macmillan…really?
I mean, really? REALLY? It’s not like I have anything to say that my library colleagues have already expressed elsewhere on the Internet, but really? You came to this conclusion after you spoke to library[…]
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Information shouldn’t be limited to library patrons based on format. eBooks belong to all!
There’s not much more that I can say about this topic, other than, though I am a champion of eBooks and other digital media, the Digital Age still frightens me. Whether it’s digital books, comics,[…]
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An obituary for my Nook
If you know me, you know I champion eBooks. Even though they have become an enormous headache for libraries and helped in the decline of Barnes & Noble, I still love them. My first eReader[…]
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In the fight for access to eBooks, library supporters will need to pressure the publishers.
When I worked as a staff librarian for OverDrive, news came down from Macmillan that their Tor imprint would be implementing an embargo on library eBooks. Public libraries would not be allowed to purchase eBook[…]
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Are publishers sabotaging libraries’ eBook lending?
When I was briefly a staff librarian at OverDrive, the announcement came down that PRH would be eliminating the One Copy/One User model for library eBooks (an eBook that can only be checked out one[…]
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