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New sites spring up to aid lending of books on the kindle

Another example of a community springing up to solve a particular issue - in this case the lending of e-books. Although e-books on the kindle can only be shared for a maximum of two weeks it hasn't…Continue

Tags: ebooks, kindle

Started by Katie Sayers Feb 17, 2011.

Social Books" aims to socialize long-form digital content 1 Reply

I read this post with interest. A mobile application called "Social Books" now allows users to…Continue

Tags: facebook, twitter, socialmedia, ebooks

Started by Katie Sayers. Last reply by Rob Horrocks Feb 16, 2011.

Do students really prefer print textbooks?

Hi everyone, I just read this blog post on the Scholarly Kitchen and thought I would share it with you. It's an interesting commentary on whether students actually do prefer print or is it a simple…Continue

Tags: digital, textbooks, ebooks

Started by Katie Sayers Nov 4, 2010.

Has The Apple iPad Created a Tipping Point In The Publishing Industry?

Nice blog post from Jeff Bullas on the impact the ipad has had on the publishing industry (full of all useful facts and figures!) -…Continue

Tags: publishing, ipad

Started by Katie Sayers Nov 1, 2010.

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Comment by Christian Fuchs on February 26, 2013 at 22:33: Social media researcher? Social media professional?

MA degree in Social Media at the University of Westminster in London.
Application is possible now.

https://www.facebook.com/MASocialMedia

Comment by Rob Horrocks on October 19, 2011 at 19:31: For those about to write a christmas wish list - a review, including videos, of the new Kindle.

Kindle 4

Comment by Katie Sayers on February 9, 2011 at 10:31: PWC have just released a pretty comprehensive report on ebook trends and developments. Interesting read. I've attached it here for you all to have a look theough. Katie eBooks-Trends-Developments.pdf

Comment by Pamela J Shoemaker on November 17, 2010 at 17:06: thanks for that great video about the future of libraries. i am fearful that the librarians are providing services that i would use if only i knew about them. am i falling behind? in addition, i sometimes am referred to a journal article that i cannot access because i don't know whether my university has purchased access. can librarians create more videos that provide more specific information about available services, collections and databases?

Comment by Mila Steele on November 5, 2010 at 15:47: The University of Amsterdam has won a design award for its new 'bookless library'. . There is a room full of red crates where students can pick up any... is likely to follow the bookless route, though perhaps not quite so stylishly...

Comment by Rob Horrocks on November 3, 2010 at 8:53: A film about libraries of the future.

Comment by Katie Sayers on October 29, 2010 at 16:44: Two new interesting developments to post - i) the University of Oxford becomes one of the first universities to add ePubs to their portfolio on iTunes U (it's Shakespeare first folio of 36 plays) and ii) the University of Denver has undergone a $30 million renovation of their library, increasing it's space for its tech-savvy students. The university have moved to renting ebooks after claiming 40% of their purchased hard copy books have gone unused.

Comment by Rob Horrocks on October 29, 2010 at 6:20: The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural research recently held an event for academics and pubishers. The report and a recording of the keynote speech by Masoud Yazdani of Intellect Books is available on this link.