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How Kansas Owned Its Ebooks

Posted: Jan. 21, 2012.

In the well-attended “Do I Own These Ebooks or Not?” session, Kansas State Librarian Jo Budler spoke to the ALA Washington Office’s Carrie Russell about her experiences when the Kansas Digital Library Consortium’s ebook contract was up for renewal, and the vendor proposed a 700% cost increase, and more importantly, would have eliminated the consortium’s ownership o

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Top 10 Library Stories of 2011

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 09:25
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American Libraries presents its list of the top 10 library news stories of 2011, covering digitization, privacy, copyright, advocacy, and much more.

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RUSA Annual Conference programs to cover cutting-edge topics relevant to all types of libraries

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 09:04
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CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host technology and future-focused programs at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, tackling topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers' advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.

<p> Upcoming RUSA programs at Annual will cover topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.</p>

What’s New (and Old) at Amazon

Posted: Oct. 11, 2011.

From the debut of library lending to the release of its first tablet, the Kindle Fire, Amazon has been making headlines in the ebook world recently. Now it is back in the spotlight with a new kerfuffle over exclusive content deals.

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E-books Discussion Presses Plenty of Biblio-Buttons

Posted: Aug. 24, 2011.

What was arguably the most provocative program of the entire IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was also, ironically, the least formal and structured of the entire conference.

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EBooks—Has Their Time Come?

Posted: Jun. 28, 2011.

The ongoing dilemma over eBooks continues to bring more questions than answers. While eBook sales have increased exponentially in the last five years, nobody has them quite figured out.

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eBook rank #1 in sales for Feb 2011

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 19:44
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The Association of American Publishers released some numbers today that put eBooks at the #1 spot for sales in all publishing categories. From the release:

According to the February results, once again e-Books have enjoyed triple-digit percentage growth, 202.3%, vs February 2010. Downloaded Audiobooks, which have also seen consistent monthly gains, increased 36.7% vs last February.

For February 2011, e-Books ranked as the #1 format among all categories of Trade publishing (Adult Hardcover, Adult Paperback, Adult Mass Market, Children’s/Young Adult Hardcover, Children’s/Young Adult Paperback).

And my favorite bit:

For the year to date (January/February 2011 vs January/February 2010), which encompasses this heavy post-holiday buying period, e-Books grew 169.4% to $164.1M while the combined categories of print books fell 24.8% to $441.7M.*

eBooks are still not the majority of book sales…but with numbers like this, it certainly won't be long.