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• The Morning Coffee – 5 August 2014
• Report: Library eBook Lending Lags the US in Much of the World
• Aldi’s New £79.99 Smartphone is One eReading Device I Wouldn’t Buy
• Judge Okays Apple’s $450 Million eBook Antitrust Settlement
• The Morning Coffee – 4 August 2014

The Morning Coffee – 5 August 2014 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:28 PM PDT The reading list this Tuesday morning kicks off with a college student’s take on digital textbooks, a guide to managing your ebook library in Google Play Books, and the problems Google faces in complying with the right to be forgotten laws in... { This is an excerpt. Visit my site to read the rest. }

Report: Library eBook Lending Lags the US in Much of the World Posted: 04 Aug 2014 12:25 PM PDT A new report from the IFLA reminds us that annoyances like Penguin and other major US trade publishers restricting checkouts is truly a first world problem. Released last week, the IFLA 2014 eLending Background Paper offers a detailed look at the... { This is an excerpt. Visit my site to read the rest. }

Aldi’s New £79.99 Smartphone is One eReading Device I Wouldn’t Buy Posted: 04 Aug 2014 09:09 AM PDT Aldi is going to start selling there first smartphone in the UK and Ireland later this week. The international grocery store chain Aldi has been carrying a house line of electronics for a decade now, and in that time they’ve offered computers,... { This is an excerpt. Visit my site to read the rest. }

Judge Okays Apple’s $450 Million eBook Antitrust Settlement Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:17 AM PDT Judge Denise Cote gave her preliminary approval on Friday for the $450 million settlement of claims that Apple had harmed consumers by conspiring with five US trade publishers to raise and fix the prices of ebooks in the US market. Despite... { This is an excerpt. Visit my site to read the rest. }

The Morning Coffee – 4 August 2014 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 08:51 PM PDT The reading list is short this Monday morning. Apple $450 million e-book settlement wins court approval (Reuters) Bestselling ghostwriter reveals the secret world of the author for hire (The Observer) Building a Better Amazon (The Passive Voice)... { This is an excerpt. Visit my site to read the rest. }

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