TeleRead calls for well-stocked national digital libraries in the United States and elsewhere. TeleRead's moderator is David Rothman (dr@teleread.org).
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And customers tend not to buy through Amazon Marketplace nearly as often as they buy through Amazon?s direct sales, for a variety of reasons.| | The e-book option | | So, if POD doesn?t work, what about e-books?
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Read POD and e-books: Why fiction writers and publishers shouldn?t expect much yet (Links)
Read ?The Web habits of highly effective people? (Links)
AAP’s recent open letter strongly supporting the use of ePub by publishers was covered by David Rothman in a separate blog article. | | Reading the letter, it was unclear to me whether AAP supported ePub as a consumer format.
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Read AAP supports ePub as a consumer format: A clarification from AAP?s digital policy director (Links)
Read Kindle ball-gazing: $750M in K machines by 2010? (Links)
He listens to podcasts on it, for example, uses it as an alarm clock, and gets weather updates. | | The library angle | | Now here’s the library angle: “E-books might not be for the Chumby, but I still maintain they could be a great tool in libraries.
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Read Chumby idea: The beanbag gizmo as a library machine (Links)
Read Astak: Under $200 for that 5 inch e-reader, and less than $350 for the 9.7-inch reader (Links)
Read Out of the stomachs of anti-spam Dobes: Shareware, e-book prices, self-pub and hardware comments (Links)
It’s to go on sale next month in the States, with other models following in July. | | The actual price has not been set, according to Astak biz dev official Bob Barry, whom I interviewed a moment ago.
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Read Five-inch econo E Ink reader will go on sale in the U.S. next month: Astak?s price in the $150 range? (Links)
Read Philly municipal WiFi shutdown: Bad news for e-books (Links)
Meanwhile, over in the U.K., HarperCollins ( relevant link ) and Penguin ( link ) will soon start using ePub as a consumer format in September. | | What’s missing: from the AAP note: A focus on ePub as a consumer format.
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Read Many publishers to start using ePub as a distribution format by October: Consumer format to follow? (Links)
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