“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…[Read more]

Have 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 […]

ACRL 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.cfm

http://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.