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Manjoo, F. (2012, September 3). Kindles for free: a report from the future. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/kindles-for-free-a-report-from-the-future-20120830-252b9.html

Clark, J. (2010, March 9). Web Standards for E-Books. A list apart: For people who make websites. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards/

Sheehan, K. (2010, August 3). Keeping Up with Keeping Up. ALA Techsource. Retrieved October 1, 2010, from http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2010/07/keeping-up-with-keeping-up.html

Michael Mace was a keynote speaker at the ALIA Information Online conference in February 2011. The interview was recorded just after his talk, so there is very loud music in the background. Michael Mace talks about the future of ebooks. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5mm6ahe8B4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

REQUIRED VIEWING ONE: Did You Know 4.0. (2009). . Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Holland, M. (1997). Diffusion of innovation theories and their relevance to understanding the role of librarians when introducing users to networked information. The Electronic Library, 15(5), 389-394. doi:10.1108/eb045587 Start at part 2. Background and History p.390 

If you want to keep up to date with changes to ebooks - technically and commercially - these two resources are frequently updated by experts and enthusiasts. TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.teleread.com/ MobileRead Forums. (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.mobileread.com/

This post shows examples of why so many common typographical errors appear in the text of ebooks when they are transferred from print: Clark, J. (2010, March 9). Web Standards for E-Books (Sidebar). A list apart: For people who make websites. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.alistapart.com/d/web-standards-for-e-books/sidebar.html

Picchi, N. (2011, September 22). A Snapshot of the Kindle eBook Collection of Four Public Libraries. Islandlibrarians blog. Retrieved from http://islandlibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/a-snapshot-of-the-kindle-ebook-collection-of-four-public-libraries/

Hutley, S., & Harwood, W. (2002). Ebook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? In e. Presented at the VALA, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pdf/34HutHor.pdf

History of ebooks Lebert, M. (2009). A Short History of eBooks. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29801 Just browse through this one and get a feel for the timeline and relevant milestones.

E-book Reader Matrix. (2011). Mobile Read. Retrieved from http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

Online social networks for current awareness Cook, S., & Wiebrands, C. (2010). Keeping up: strategic use of online social networks for librarian current awareness. In VALA 2010: Connections. Content. Conversations. Melbourne, Victoria. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/papers2010/VALA2010_78_Cook_Final.pdf

Comparison of e-book readers. (2011). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers#Devices_sold_directly_by_the_manufacturer

Comparison of e-book formats. (2011). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats (look at the matrix)

Rainie, L., Zickuhr, K., Purcell, K., Madden, M., & Brenner, J. (2012). The rise of e-reading. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/ (Read just the summary at the start or browse the whole report

Besen, S., & Kirby, S. (2012). e-books and libraries: an economic perspective. Chicago IL: American Library Association. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/oitp/publications/booksstudies/ebooks_libraries_economic_perspective.pdf

Mace, M. (2010). The future of publishing: Why ebooks failed in 2000, and what that means for 2010. Mobile Opportunity: At the intersection of the web, wireless, entertainment and computing. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2010/03/future-of-publishing-why-ebooks-failed.html

Evaluating library use of social media Glazer, H. (2012). "Likes" are lovely, but do they lead to more logins? College & Research Libraries News, 73(1), 18-21. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/1/18.long

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]. (2012, May). IFLA E-Lending Background Paper. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Retrieved from www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/publications/ifla-background-paper-e-lending-en.pdf