E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries
“Opening the eBook Market” on libraries and DRM
Tagged: digital_rights_management, DRM
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February 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm #13695Monica Berger (She/her/hers)Participant
http://kambitsch.blogspot.com/2011/01/opening-ebook-market.html
A good piece on why ebook vendors for libraries need to rethink their business model.February 15, 2011 at 4:59 pm #21272Shea A. TaylorMemberhttp://www.idealog.com/blog/from-where-i-sit-you-cant-actually-sell-an-ebook
A companion piece to the article above. Provides insight into DRM and pricing issues and why librarians are confused about what they are actually purchasing when they purchase an ebook.
February 22, 2011 at 4:44 pm #21273Shea A. TaylorMemberACRL has a webinar on DRM. $50 for ACRL members:
Digital Rights Management (DRM): Information Roadblock for Library Users
Live Webcast
March 1, 2011
2:00 p.m. Eastern
90 minutes
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/drm.cfmFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:23 pm #21274Shea A. TaylorMemberHave you ever looked at an e-reader and been confused by what the company means when they say the reader supports certain files? Are you trying to determine which whether your library should go with Sony or Kindle, Amazon, or Overdrive? The following link is to a nice explanation on filetypes & DRM which can help you understand the complexity in determining which type of e-reader devices or vendors to purchase from.
http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2010/08/25/ebooks-filetype-and-drm/
February 26, 2011 at 6:40 pm #21275Alycia Sellie (she/her/they)ParticipantInteresting new proposal by Harper Collins via Overdrive, to have their ebooks “expire” after 26 checkouts: http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889452-264/harpercollins_puts_26_loan_cap.html.csp
Response from Cory Doctorow http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/25/harpercollins-to-lib.html
and Jessamyn West http://www.librarian.net/stax/3519/harper-collins-vs-libraries-battling-for-the-future-of-lending-digital-content/The decision not to acquire DRM-restricted ebooks in libraries has been something that we’ve been advocating as part of the Readers’ Bill of Rights for Digital Books: http://readersbillofrights.info/
March 1, 2011 at 11:02 am #21276Stefanie HavelkaParticipantJust saw this:
March 1, 2011 at 11:09 am #21277Stephen Francoeur (he/him)ParticipantI think that any boycott should be of all DRMed materials. A blanket boycott of all of HarperCollins’ publications (print and ebook) doesn’t make sense to me. I was convinced by this argument from Emily Ailing, a library director at Marlboro College:
http://ricearoniana.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/boycott-bad-idea/
This post by Sarah Glassmeyer, a law librarian at Valparaiso Universityi, offers more thoughts on the boycott’s likely ineffectiveness:
March 1, 2011 at 11:31 am #21278Stefanie HavelkaParticipantnot a response to Stephen – here is a comic about DRM:
http://tametheweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/the_brads_drm.pngMarch 1, 2011 at 5:02 pm #21279Monica Berger (She/her/hers)ParticipantThe always awesome Barbara Fister just blogged about the situation: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish/a_library_written_in_disappearing_ink
March 2, 2011 at 10:45 am #21280Stefanie HavelkaParticipantMarch 2, 2011 at 3:10 pm #21281Shea A. TaylorMember“UPDATE 3-EU antitrust watchdog raids e-book publishers”
Just came across this Reuters article. Apparently in Europe they are raiding publishers on suspicion of violating anti-trust laws, but somehow Harper Collins was skipped. Dare investigations jump the pond to our side of the house?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/02/eu-media-antitrust-idUSLDE7210OT20110302
March 5, 2011 at 5:56 pm #21282Alycia Sellie (she/her/they)ParticipantLibrarians Against DRM images, created by Nina Paley for the Readers’ Bill of Rights for Digital Books, now available at: https://readersbillofrights.info/librariansagainstDRM
Please use and share in support of our work!
March 10, 2011 at 12:48 pm #21283Ann Matsuuchi (she/they)ParticipantYay, Alycia’s posting got BB’d: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/10/readers-against-drm.html
March 10, 2011 at 12:54 pm #21284Maura A. Smale (she/her)ParticipantI know I said this on the Twitterz but want to repeat it here: congrats Alycia, this is so very awesome!
March 10, 2011 at 1:05 pm #21285Alevtina Verbovetskaya (she/her)ParticipantCongrats, @alycia! This is fantastic.
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