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Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-03-2007, 10:07 PM

I'd literally been told one day before that Teen Tech Week (referenced on the podcast) coincided with Read an E-book Week! Unfortunately, based on the comments in the podcast, it really doesn't sound like e-books are making much of an impact on many library systems.

It seems to me to be connected to the fact that the general public knows next to nothing about e-books... not about what they are, how you read them, how you get them, or what kind of content there is. And it doesn't sound like the library systems are doing enough to get the word out.

Not that I'm saying it's their fault, you understand. But I do get the impression that they're not particularly motivated or enthusiastic about e-books beyond a very few library staffers.

03-03-2007, 10:07 PM	#2
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I'd literally been told one day before that Teen Tech Week (referenced on the podcast) coincided with Read an E-book Week! Unfortunately, based on the comments in the podcast, it really doesn't sound like e-books are making much of an impact on many library systems. It seems to me to be connected to the fact that the general public knows next to nothing about e-books... not about what they are, how you read them, how you get them, or what kind of content there is. And it doesn't sound like the library systems are doing enough to get the word out. Not that I'm saying it's their fault, you understand. But I do get the impression that they're not particularly motivated or enthusiastic about e-books beyond a very few library staffers. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 03-03-2007 at 10:10 PM.