DRM is dumb. DRM does not work. DRM is the Empire is tightening its fist, which only forces more star systems to slip through its…
Tag: ebooks
Some of the world’s largest book publishers are going after two prolific Usenet uploaders. The publishers have obtained subpoenas from a federal court in the…
Morphologically, my Kindle belongs to the genus of handheld devices and tablets more than that of books or libraries. And it’s almost Pavlovian by now…
Amazon attorneys last week filed a letter with the court asking that it be allowed to redact sensitive business information about its Kindle e-book program…
So I’ve set up my RaspberryPi to actually do something other than sit there: I’ve turned it into an eBook server using Calibre. I’ll admit…
I’m not really sure how I feel about his idea (shown right) but he does make some good points about the speed of change and…
On reading print vs. ‘e’ when it comes to the brain: In most cases, paper books have more obvious topography than onscreen text. An open…
I attended this session yesterday and if you missed it but are interested in the topic, this is a session you should take the time…
I wonder how this will impact Amazon.com’s idea that you’ll be able to resell “used” ebooks. Basically, under this interpretation, you can never “transfer” a…
In publishers’ eyes librarians are “sitting close to Satan”, declared Phil Bradley, president of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He was addressing…