Sort by:
  1. The Medium - Pump Up the Volume - Amazon Kindle, Just the Right Mix of Book and Nonbook - NYTimes.com
    Added Nov 02, 2008 by amarjit
    A review of Amazon's e-book reading device, Kindle.
    tags: , , , , ,
    discuss this - email this - related blogs - blog this
  2. Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web - New York Times
    Added Oct 22, 2007 by mniemitz
    Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance.
    tags: , , , ,
    discuss this - email this - related blogs - blog this
  3. Library of Congress Advances 2 Digital Projects Abroad - New York Times
    Added Oct 18, 2007 by mniemitz
    The Library of Congress announced an ambitious plan on Wednesday to digitize a collection of the world’s rare cultural materials — artifacts ranging from a photo collection of a 19th-century Brazilian empress to a crackly recording of the 101-year-old grandson of a slave.
    tags: , , ,
    discuss this - email this - related blogs - blog this
  4. Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books - New York Times
    Added Sep 07, 2007 by mniemitz
    Two new offerings this fall are set to test whether consumers really want to replace a technology that has reliably served humankind for hundreds of years: the paper book.
    tags: , , ,
    discuss this - email this - related blogs - blog this
  5. 7 things you should know about... E-books
    Added Dec 20, 2006 by ialja
    Seven basic facts about e-books.
    tags: ,
    discuss this - email this - related blogs - blog this
FirstPrevious...1...NextLast