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Information Today
January 15, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Review of 2011 and Trends Watch 2012 Folks in the information industry will remember 2011 as one of adapting new technologies and testing viable business models for the new emerging information landscape. Librarians will likely remember it as a year of intense pressure to squeeze more from their budgets.   |
Information Today
January 3, 2013
Paula J. Hane |
Review of 2012 and Trends Watch 2013 Hot topics of 2012 included the wild ride in the ebook market, publisher consolidation, evolving roles for librarians, and progress in Open Access initiatives. |
Information Today
January 4, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Review of the Year 2009 and Trends Watch--Part 1 The sorry state of the economy continued front and center in all media coverage during 2009. But most folks seemed to think that it was a better year than 2008. |
Information Today
January 17, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Review of the Year 2007 and Trends Watch A list of the top read news stories for the information industry in 2007. |
Information Today
January 7, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Review of the Year 2009 and Trends Watch--Part 2 Trends for 2010 that are expected to have an impact on libraries and the information industry. |
Information Today
January 5, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
Review of the Year 2008 and Trends Watch--Part 1 The most important stories and trends in the world of media, technology, information science and policy. |
Information Today
December 16, 2010
Nancy Herther |
Google's eBookstore Takes Ebooks to the Next Level On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. |
Information Today
January 8, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
Review of the Year 2008 and Trends Watch--Part 2 Here's a list of some of the trends I'll be watching this year for the library and information industry |
Information Today
August 22, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Books & Media Move to the Clouds; Apple, Amazon, and Walmart Fight for Market Share We can expect to see more posturing, product announcements, legal wrangling and, hopefully, consumers will see better ebook/app products at competitive prices. |
Information Today
April 30, 2012
Carol Ebbinghouse |
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." |
Information Today
January 2006
Paula J. Hane |
Wrapping Up 2005; Looking Forward Recapping information industry headlines from 2005 and trends to watch in 2006. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Information Today
January 8, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Wrapping Up 2006; Looking Ahead The year of Web 2.0 and important trends that followed. |
Information Today
January 3, 2005
Paula J. Hane |
Wrapping Up 2004; Looking Forward The Hot Stories of 2004: Open Access initiatives exploded... Traditionals met the new generation... Looking Ahead: Open access is an ongoing story... Integration progress will continue... Further Reading... etc. |
Information Today
May 10, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form `Newco' -- A New Chapter for Ebooks On April 30, 2012, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced the end of their ongoing litigation and a joint partnership to further develop the NOOK and ebooks lines. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today
July 8, 2013 |
Going Social: Top Apps for Best Recommended Reads The apps listed here are all free, whether you opt to find a title to enjoy on your own or want to join a reading community to share your thoughts about your favorite bestseller with a virtual book club. |
Information Today
April 12, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Tsunami -- From Antitrust to Burgeoning Sales The ebook tsunami is still in play; new issues, problems, and possibilities occur almost daily. We can do little more than watch, wonder, and improvise as the forces of innovation and commercialism work through this time of change in publishing. |
Information Today
January 28, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
ReadersFirst Contributes to the Ebook-Lending Conversation A new report provides libraries with best practices for ebook distribution and an overview of seven ebook vendors' strengths and weaknesses so they can make informed decisions about which vendor to choose. |
Information Today
March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
Information Today
December 2003
Paula J. Hane |
The Latest on Enterprise Search Products, E-Books, and More There should be a steady supply of news to report, as vendors continue to announce new products and services through the end of the year. Here's a wrap-up of some of the news from the past month. |
Information Today
June 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks. |
Searcher
May 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
Information Today
December 3, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
The News of 2013: The Year in Review The hot topics in the information industry for this year included ebooks, massive open online courses, and open access. |
Information Today
November 1, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
HTML5-Powered E-Readers for the Browser A new HTML5 reader, powered by SkyShelf from LibreDigital, allows customers to read books in the browser on their laptops, tablets and many smartphones. |
Information Today
February 25, 2010 |
Over Drive Announces New Ebook Services for 2010 OverDrive, Inc., a distributor of ebooks and audiobooks for libraries and retailers, announced new services that will significantly expand its digital distribution network for copyrighted digital media. |
Information Today
January 26, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Apple Announces Efforts to `Reinvent' Textbooks In an effort to "reinvent" textbooks, Apple unveiled a suite of tools and resources geared to the K-12 education market on Jan. 19 at New York's Guggenheim Museum. |
Information Today
March 4, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services Here's the scoop on five popular ebook subscription services, including a comparison chart for quick reference. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Ackerman & Guizzo |
5 Technologies That Will Shape the Web Innovations that will make the web smarter and sleeker and irresistibly more social, too |
Information Today
July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
CRM
April 29, 2011
Michael Colombo |
Applications Reign in the Kingdom of Content Applications will provide the context for consuming content of all kinds, and those who deliver the most compelling content will better engage their target audiences. They are the ones that will reign in the Age of Apps. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rex Moore |
Is an App Store Next for E-Readers? Getting a read on the next big thing in e-books. |
Information Today
July 1, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
Information Today
August 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Digital Lending Goes into OverDrive I'd been hearing some buzz this summer about various improvements made by OverDrive to its services for libraries-more content, mobile apps, simplified procedures, etc. |
Information Today
January 17, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The New World of Ebook Publishing Changes are coming much faster in the publishing world today -- prices for titles are dropping and we are seeing the development of new models and channels for publishing, distribution, and sales. |
Information Today
May 20, 2010 |
OverDrive to Release Free eBook Reading Apps "The significant investments that libraries and retailers are making in premium ebook collections will have even greater value when users can access titles on their mobile devices," said David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Wade Roush |
Google's News: E-Books and Android and Chrome, Oh My Google takes the wraps off a long-awaited Web app store -- and shared a detailed look inside its vision for Chrome OS, which will power a line of notebook computers coming next year. |
Information Today
February 19, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
What's in a (Domain) Name? A New "Gutenberg" Site Launches as an Ebook Resource A new ebook resource has launched with a familiar sounding name -- Gutenberg.com. It bills itself as "a central resource for ebook lovers, ebook newbies, and the ebook industry." |
Information Today
March 8, 2010 |
Two New Ebook Surveys Highlight Interesting Trends HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has released the full results of a fall 2009 survey of librarians on their attitudes and practices related to ebooks |
Information Today
October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
Search Engine Watch
July 2, 2010
Duncan Parry |
What do the iPad and Tablet Computers Mean for Search? Hype aside, what the rise of the iPad and other table computers means for search campaigns. |
Information Today
April 2, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Expanding Options for Ebooks Here are some of the recently launched services that are aiming to redefine the book experience. |
Information Today
April 2009
Donald T. Hawkins |
Report from the Field: O'Reilly TOC 2009: Books, Reading, and Publishing O'Reilly Media held its third Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing conference in February in New York. |
Information Today
April 4, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2010
Wolfgang Gruener |
10 Best Technologies of 2010 It was a big year for Microsoft and Google, but even bigger for one of their competitors. |
Information Today
June 11, 2012 |
ebrary Announces New Android App ebrary's Android and iOS apps work with ebooks acquired under all of ebrary's acquisition models including the 75,000 titles available through Academic Complete, the industry's first and only aggregated ebook subscription to be designated as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. |
Information Today
January 13, 2015
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebooks in 2015: Trends and Forecasts Part 1 Clearly, e-reading is becoming a staple in libraries across North America. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2002
Donald T. Hawkins |
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012 |
Aptara Ebook Survey of Publishers Now Available Issued in April 2012 and sponsored by Publishers Weekly magazine and Aptara, the survey tracks the ebook publishing trends, challenges, and strategies that have emerged since 2009 when the ebook market began taking shape. |
