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E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries

Created for those involved in electronic books (e-books) and electronic book readers (e-readers) in CUNY libraries, this group serves as a digital meeting space to discuss the work being done on the individual campuses and to share our findings & experiences.

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  • DRM-Free eBooks from O’Reilly to Be Distributed Via OverDrive’s Global Network

    Posted by Alevtina Verbovetskaya (she/her) on June 21, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    OverDrive announced today that booksellers, libraries, and schools in its global network will soon have access to DRM-free eBook titles from O’Reilly Media. The publisher’s entire eBook catalog will be available to OverDrive’s channel partners, including those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and dozens of other territories worldwide. Bestselling eBooks on computer technologies available through the distribution agreement will include: “iPad 2: The Missing Manual, Second Edition,” “Head First Java, Second Edition,” and “Windows 7:Up & Running,” as well as O’Reilly’s legendary ‘animal books’ like “Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript.”

    http://www.overdrive.com/News/getArticle.aspx?newsArticleID=20110621


    It looks like OverDrive is trying to undo all that bad press it got with the HarperCollins loan cap. First they announced a partnership with Amazon to offer proprietary Kindle e-books and now this. It’s all actually part of a larger campaign called OverDrive WIN http://overdrive.com/news/getArticle.aspx?newsArticleID=20110615>. Fun times.

    —Allie

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