That’s the title of an article in the Dquarium blog:
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From the perspective of libraries, this device marks the beginning of a new chapter (no pun intended), and that is e-content will take over from the traditional formats (print, CD, DVD). We have already seen this with music. In Canada, two major retailers of music have folded due to the pressures coming from the iTunes Store. Recently, streaming services for music are a dime a dozen. Rdio, Rhapsody, Spotify and Napster to name a few all have unlimited streaming for cheap monthly rates, usually less than the cost of a CD. When it comes to movies, not much is different. We have witnessed the destruction of rental giant Blockbuster and the rise of Netflix. Even though Netflix has been in some hot water lately for making some less than consumer friendly business decisions, online media streaming is the way of the future. Why should this be any different for books? Ebooks are much less bandwidth hungry. It is a natural progression, and any limits imposed to libraries are strictly those made by individuals (in other words, publishers). As mentioned on episode 6 of the Bibliotech podcast, there are no technical reasons why the popular book titled The Help cannot be made available to 5000 clients simultaneously within a library system. How can something like this be made possible? Well, read on. …
