08-07-2008, 10:56 PM | #1 | |
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Libraries step into the age of ...iPod?
It is impossible to fight. It seems every new portable technology is measured in terms of the iPod.
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And the E Ink devices do get some love, or at least the Sony Reader does get a mention. In a list of devices. But it is the name "iPod" that seems to drive the article. What you gonna do...? Good to see the article, and hope it gets more people aware of digital reading. Reuters article here |
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08-07-2008, 11:02 PM | #2 |
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And I have used my local library for pdf books to read on the new software for the Sony Reader. It works just fine, although the formatting does suffer the usual reflow problems. My local library does not yet offer epub books.
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08-07-2008, 11:33 PM | #3 |
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Libraries have been offering audio to checkout for quite some time. It is usually WMA files with DRM that are checked out. Unfortunately very few if any portable devices will use that format and Windows is usually required to do the checkout.
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08-07-2008, 11:47 PM | #4 |
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Off topic (from my own post), but I remember in college my roommate and I would check out paintings (copies of course) from the local library. A new Degas, Renoir or Van Gogh every week or so. It went well with the beer can, pizza box and roach clip decor.
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08-08-2008, 11:17 AM | #6 |
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I like the way Naomi Alderman (indirectly) calls people who rave about the tactile sensation of paper books "fetishists." There's a way to get on a traditionalist's good side!
Reminds me of a quote attributed to jazz player Dizzy Gillespie, when a journalist questioned him about his "fetish" for a goatee: "It's not a fetish... it's an affectation!" Still, I question whether or not we're really seeing any substantive changes yet. Pubs are still talking, but I don't see a lot of real action. And throwing about buzz-words like iPod don't constitute action... just trying to catch attention with buzz-words. |
08-12-2008, 01:34 AM | #7 |
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Like you said, the WMA software keeps Mac/Linux users out. I think libraries have a duty to use platform independent technology. Restricting access to Windows users only is wrong.
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