Saturday 26 July 2014

The Digital Reader

The Digital Reader


The Problem with Apple and eBooks, Redux

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:30 PM PDT

News of Apple’s acquisition of Booklamp is still percolating through the blogosphere but the pundits are already starting to weigh in. Make Cane has taken the position that Apple needs to expand beyond their hardware, but I’m not sure I...

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Apple Acquires Booklamp

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:37 PM PDT

News is breaking Friday night that Apple has acquired Booklamp, aka the “Pandora for books”. Techcrunch broke the story, which was subsequently confirmed by Apple. Apple’s brief statement said: “Apple buys smaller technology...

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The ALA Wants You to Know that Libraries Are More Than Just a “Netflix for Books”

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:44 PM PDT

The launch of Kindle Unlimited last week spawned a round of articles calling for killing libraries and replacing them with KU subscriptions, and today the ALA fired back. The American Library Association has released the results of their latest...

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