Tag Archives: Kindle

Will ebooks kill print books?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

What a question! This is the title of a very provocative essay by John Dvorak recently posted on PCmag.com.  His premise is that ebooks will serve as a sampling device for print books, and that publishers, in spite of their current … Continue reading →

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Snowball careening downhill–look out below!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

In the April 27 Industry News from Publisher’s Weekly, Amazon reported that sales in their ebook division jumped 63% in the first quarter of 2011.  That was pretty much their good news.   Their bad news, underlaying a certain amount of spin, was that even … Continue reading →

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OverDrive and Amazon and Kindles

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

People who have Amazon Kindles will finally be able to borrow ebooks from their local library.  This is a good thing for user service, whatver questions librarians may have about the forces that are moving behind the scenes on this … Continue reading →

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Why I’m willing to pay for ebooks

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Marlene Harris | 1 Comment

Please don’t get me wrong, I like to get things for free as much as the next person.  But the word free has multiple meanings.  Free as in kittens, or free as in beer being two well-known examples.  Free kittens … Continue reading →

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The only way Amazon gets me in the Kindle Store

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

I just received an update from eReaderIQ.  This is a service that lets you know when there are new free books added to the Kindle store.  It will also tell you about price drops, and recent Kindlization of previously non … Continue reading →

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