Author Archive

May 15th, 2012

Cory Doctrow om bibliotek #e-böcker och #DRM @doctrow

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Cory Doctrow var keynote vid EBLIDA-NAPLE-konferensen ”Democracy Development in a New Media Environment” i Köpenhamn härom veckan. Fler filmer från konferensen finns här.

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May 14th, 2012

How Harvard Book Store combines the best of digital bookselling with the best of physical bookselling

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Harvard bookstore is one of the possible futures for bookstores in the real world. More will crop up in the near future.

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May 14th, 2012

Why Flipping Through Paper-Like Pages Endures in the Digital World

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Hvorfor gamle metaforer blir med oss inn i nye medium. Ebøker er et svært godt eksempel.

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May 11th, 2012

Daunt: library e-lending “disruptive” to high street | The Bookseller

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Book Publishing Industry News. Regular news updates from The Bookseller’s news desk.

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May 11th, 2012

E-book Nation | Online Universities

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Interessant fremstilling av ebokstatus i USA. God oppsummering presentert på en grei måte. Og det viser tydelig at eboken fortsatt er et nisjeprodukt, selv om markedsandelen øker. Viktig å ha det i bakhodet når man vurderer satsinger på ebøker.

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May 10th, 2012

Libraries set out to own their ebooks

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Douglas County Libraries, in Colorado, is trying something new: buying eBooks directly from publishers and hosting them on its own platform.

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May 9th, 2012

Förlagens framtidsskräck

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Förhandlingarna mellan Svensk biblioteksförening och Svenska förläggarföreningen har havererat.

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May 9th, 2012

BIB TO GO, lån e-bøger på perronen

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KøgeBibliotekerne har med stor succes indrettet et fantastisk, virtuelt bibliotek på Borup Station. På reolerne står bestsellere side om side med klassikere….

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May 2nd, 2012

Why e-books will soon be obsolete (and no, it’s not just because of DRM)

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E-books will be obsolete within five years.  Crippled by territorial license restrictions, digital rights management, and single-purpose devices and file formats that are simultaneously immature a…

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May 2nd, 2012

Svensk Biblioteksförening avslutar e-bokssamtal

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Svensk Biblioteksförening har vid ett möte idag meddelat Svenska Förläggareföreningen att man avslutar de gemensamma samtalen om e-bokfrågan då möjligheter att nå en samsyn inte finns. -Läget är allvarligt och bekymmersamt.

See on www.biblioteksforeningen.org

April 26th, 2012

Services More Meaningful Than Ebooks | The User Experience

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YESSSS!

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April 26th, 2012

Not Sold (Yet) on Ebooks | Inside Higher Ed

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A sensible approach to ebooks in academic institutions. 

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April 26th, 2012

University of Minnesota – Open textbook catalog

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Meget godt initiativ – en fagfellevurdering av åpent tilgjengelig undervisningsmateriale er akkurat det vi trenger. Kan vi få noe lignende for NDLA?

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April 25th, 2012

Bør vi boikotte Amazon? | Eiriks forfatterblogg

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På  Twitter ba signaturen Forteller (også kjent som Børge) meg nylig lese et innlegg i bloggen til Cory Doctorow, og utfordret meg til å blogge om min reaksjon. Som sagt, så gjort.

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April 25th, 2012

A Primer on Ebooks for Libraries Just Starting With Downloadable Media — The Digital Shift

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April 25th, 2012

More on DRM and ebooks – Charlie’s Diary

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Charles Stross makes more sense than most on DRM and ebooks.

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April 24th, 2012

Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free | Tor.com

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Tor/Forge Ebook Titles to Go DRM-Free…

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April 24th, 2012

“Why I break DRM on e-books”: A publishing exec speaks out

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Calls for big-six publishers to drop DRM have increased in recent weeks, coinciding with the DOJ price-fixing lawsuit. In the meantime, one publishing industry executive tried breaking the DRM on purchased e-books — and isn’t going back.

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April 24th, 2012

The e-book wars: Who is less evil, Amazon or book publishers?

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As the Department of Justice pursues an antitrust case over e-book prices, publishers say they need “agency pricing” to prevent Amazon from increasing its monopoly and decimating the book industry.

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April 23rd, 2012

Digital Minds Conference – vad minns vi?

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Inför årets bokmässa i London anordnades en endagskonferens om digitaliseringen av bokbranschen: The Digital Minds Conference. Tidigt på söndag morgon begav vi oss alltså till Arlanda för at…

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