[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #169: E-books: reviews, your rights, DRM and piracy

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #169: E-books: reviews, your rights, DRM and piracy
*March 17, 2010


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries./

The question isn't whether or not your library needs e-books, it's how 
do you deal with questions once patrons decide to buy one or have a 
reader in their hands?

    * There's a new e-book on the market...the Alex E-Reader
      <http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/spring_designs_alex_e-reader_g.php>,
      and it will support Adobe DRM technology.  Here are reviews for
      ten of the others:  IPad, SchmiPad: 10 E-Readers and Tablets You
      Can Get Right Now 
      <http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_tablet_roundup>

    * Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers
      <https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights>

    * A couple of opinions about DRM: 
      Overly restrictive DRM ultimately devalues a product.
      <http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/99088-GDC-2010-Gabe-Newell-Bashes-DRM>

      Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats
      <http://gizmodo.com/5478842/giz-explains-how-youre-gonna-get-screwed-by-ebook-formats?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29>

    * Perhaps not as prevalent as music piracy, e-books are up for grabs
      for those willing to hunt for the treasures. Read Digital piracy
      hits the e-book industry
      <http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/01/ebook.piracy/> and E-book
      piracy: the final (?) frontier
      <http://www.studlife.com/forum/2010/02/12/e-book-piracy-the-final-frontier/>

*/Cool fact:/*/
/One of the holdouts has decided to release his works electronically 
yesterday:  John Grisham joins e-book parade 
<http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/03/john-grisham-joins-e-book-parade/1>
Still holding out: J. K. Rowling.

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
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