It is almost impossible to share ebooks legally. Because when you buy an ebook you don’t actually own it the same way you own a print book. Most of these licenses do not give readers the legal right to share their ebooks, even though people have shared print books for as long as they have existed. Read more »
What makes a library a library? The obvious answer is books, but that question is getting trickier. Is a library without books still a library? One school says yes. Read more »
Lending out toys, tools, sheet music, chess sets, child-development materials, seeds and more, libraries have established themselves as leaders in the sharing movement.
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Hey Shareable readers, if you clicked this post it's probably because you already know it's the weekly links post. If not, this is the weekly links post. Enjoy and share around. Read more »
There are plenty of advantages to eBooks--portability, accessibility, cloud-synced annotation--but there are a number of things that they don’t do nearly as well as print books. Read more »
Here is the weekly links round-up from around the whole web. Okay, probably only part of it. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave your own links in the comments section. Read more »
Many folks will be receiving iPads and Kindles for the holidays, but is that actually a surveillance device sitting beneath the tree? NPR reports that your eBook reader may be watching you back, reporting your reading activity, highlighted passages a. Read more »
Over at TriQuarterly’s blog, Matt Wood has been documenting his various eReading habits, from RSS to eBooks. It’s an engaging read despite the potentially dry subject matter, most specifically when he speaks about his workflow. Read more »
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