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Lisa Spiro

CiteSeerX - The Rapid Evolution of Scholarly Communication - 0 views

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    Traditional journals, even those available electronically, are changing slowly. However, there is rapid evolution in scholarly communication. Usage is moving to electronic formats. In some areas, it appears that electronic versions of papers are being read about as often as the printed journal versions. Although there are serious difficulties in comparing figures from different media, the growth rates in usage of electronic scholarly information are sufficiently high that if they continue for a few years, there will be no doubt that print versions will be eclipsed. Further, much of the electronic information that is accessed is outside the formal scholarly publication process. There is also vigorous growth in forms of electronic communication that take advantage of the unique capabilities of the Web, and which simply do not fit into the traditional journal publishing format.
Lisa Spiro

thedigitalist.net » Revisiting a publishing manifesto - what does the future ... - 0 views

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    "Latest figs from AAP (Association of American Publishers) put ebook sales up 173.9% through end July 2009. A caveat to this …ebook sales made up just 0.6% of overall book sales in 2008 - according to Bowker - which explains the steep growth. So - the ebook sales graph shows a lovely looking curve, but the steepness is really to do with the starting point. Growth always looks impressive from a zero base! Let's look at the ebook market another way. If you read the headline about Amazon's Kindle, this sounds a bit like a revolution. Day one of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol and the Business Insider reports: "Kindle version of the book on top!" (The Business Insider 16.09.09) Steve Windwalker at the Kindle Nation blog says this could be "the biggest story of 2009 in the book trades." As he points out, the most popular book in the world is selling more copies as an electric version than a print version at the most popular bookstore in the world. Or, another version of the story - one week later - in the same news source: Kindle verdict: nothing special" The Business Insider, 22.09.09 "The Lost Symbol sold just 100,000 in e-books format according to Doubleday. Overall Doubleday sold 2 million copies. The 5% ratio of e-books to print is about in-line with the average for book sales."
Lisa Spiro

Sony's New eBook Software Takes Aim at Kindle - 0 views

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    Can read ebooks on desktop w/ sony
Lisa Spiro

E-books helping surge in library members - Telegraph - 0 views

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    "After years of library membership declining and fears that the public no longer wanted to borrow books, some institutions are reporting a spike in interest since they started to offer e-books. Only a handful of libraries have started to offer the service, but many in the library world are hopeful that the revolution in digital reading can help transform libraries' fortunes, and that the majority of libraries will soon offer downloads as a matter of course, alongside the latest Dan Brown paperback. " [UK focus]
Miguel Campion

Essential Betting Tips - 1 views

I have been joining an elite horse race for a month now and I have not experienced winning even once. I am very frustrated. Good thing I have come across Champion Picks. This company is really grea...

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started by Miguel Campion on 16 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
Becominga Landlord

Useful Guide Made For Landlords - 1 views

I am now able to manage my property by myself through the help given by The Pro Landlord. Purchasing this guide is a worthy investment because of the useful contents incorporated on it. It gives me...

eBook property rental Landlord ebooks ebook_readers

started by Becominga Landlord on 28 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Lisa Spiro

Scan This Book! - New York Times, Kevin Kelly - 0 views

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    I have tagged and annotated this article, but apparently it did not save under the same bookmark. This one can be deleted.
Geneva Henry

Google & the Future of Books - The New York Review of Books - 0 views

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    How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only beginning to come into view? The question is more urgent than ever following the recent settlement between Google and the authors and publishers who were suing it for alleged breach of copyright. For the last four years, Google has been digitizing millions of books, including many covered by copyright, from the collections of major research libraries, and making the texts searchable online. The authors and publishers objected that digitizing constituted a violation of their copyrights. After lengthy negotiations, the plaintiffs and Google agreed on a settlement, which will have a profound effect on the way books reach readers for the foreseeable future. What will that future be?
Geneva Henry

Online Databases: Ebooks Arrive - 2/1/2008 - Library Journal - 0 views

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    The programs at two recent conferences (the Charleston Conference and London Online) confirm that ebooks have established themselves in libraries. While the trade and consumer book markets still struggle to find an affordable and compelling ebook reader, library users have embraced the ebooks connected to the library e-collection and accessible via the PC or laptop they typically use.
Cynthia Gillespie

Reading in the Age of Google - 0 views

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    This can be deleted. It discusses how publications in future libraries will be linked via hyperlinks, allowing for more in-depth scholarly research and collaborative research.
Geneva Henry

What Readers Want: A Study of E-Fiction Usability - 0 views

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    This article investigates readers' requirements regarding fiction electronic books, as compared to electronic textbooks. The EBONI Project, which defined a set of best practice guidelines for designing electronic textbooks, provided the methodology to support an exploration of the usability of fiction ebooks in a recent study. It was found that the general guidelines for the design of textbooks on the Internet can also be applied to the design of fiction ebooks. Additionally, in terms of the electronic production of fiction ebooks, the same study suggested that concentrating on the appearance of text, rather than the technology itself, can lead to better quality publications to rival the print versions of fiction books. This article discusses these results together with some from similar studies in order to draw a picture of what readers expect from fiction ebooks.
Lisa Spiro

Bell: The Bookless Future: What the Internet is Doing to Scholarship - 0 views

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    The Bookless Future: What the Internet is Doing to Scholarship
Geneva Henry

E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries: An Overview - 0 views

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    spacer Abstract The University of California's California Digital Library (CDL) formed an Ebook Task Force in August 2000 to evaluate academic libraries' experiences with electronic books (e-books), investigate the e-book market, and develop operating guidelines, principles and potential strategies for further exploration of the use of e-books at the University of California (UC). This article, based on the findings and recommendations of the Task Force Report [1], briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services and collections to its users.
Lisa Spiro

Project MUSE - Library Trends - A Book Publisher's Manifesto for the Twenty-first Centu... - 0 views

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    A Book Publisher's Manifesto for the Twenty-first Century: How Traditional Publishers Can Position Themselves in the Changing Media Flows of a Networked Era Sara Lloyd
Geneva Henry

Patricia B. Serotkin, Patricia I. Fitzgerald, and Sandra A. Balough - If We Build It, W... - 0 views

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    This is also saved under another bookmark. We will have to find a print version of this article for review. North Texas does not carry this journal.
Cynthia Gillespie

After Migration to an Electronic Journal Collection: Impact on Faculty and Doctoral Stu... - 0 views

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    Drexel University made a switch from mostly print to mostly digital electronic journal collection. A study was conducted to determine whether user patterns changed after the change from print to digital. The outcome of this study was favorable and further studies are planned.
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