‘Is OverDrive destroying public libraries?’
That's the question a MobileReader asks in a post about the largest supplier of e-books for U.S. public libraries.
"LovieDovie" writes in part:
"As this trend of OD providing most ebooks and audio books to...
First all-digital public library system a hit in Bexar County, Texas—with hundreds of e-reader...
Last year LibraryCity.org knocked the library system in Rockford, Illinois, for planning to spend around a quarter of its $1.19-million collection budget on e-books.
A third of Rockfordians were living below the...
How big should an e-book file be?
How big should an e-book file be?
I asked myself this question after trying to troubleshoot a problem reading a Plucker file. The Plucker desktop lets you spider URL's to a...
Voice Dream Reader for Android: “Must buy” if you want first-class text to speech...
I’m a fan of Moon+ Reader Pro for text and read-aloud.
But if you own an Android phone or tablet and really want to do text to speech in style, then spend...
‘Mind and Body’: A dead father, a $500K life insurance payout to a teenager,...
Mind and Body, a free Creative Commons book by Aaron Dunlap, is the TeleBlog's latest e-book sighting at Manybooks.net. See if the start doesn't hook you.
"I was seventeen, almost eighteen, the...
Better text-background contrast in Amazon’s deluxe Kindle Oasis e-reader? Maybe—I’m checking with Amazon
Update, April 15: Alas, some just-disclosed specs suggest that the new Oasis in fact offers less contrast than even the $120 Paperwhite.
Amazon's $290 Kindle Oasis e-reader offers better text-background contrast than previous...
A Teenage Prank, a Text Message, and the Death of My Cousin Jacob
A week ago tonight, my 17-year-old cousin Jacob Meadows, a high school student in Ashland, Missouri, died by his own hand as the end result of an unfortunate chain of circumstances...
J.J. Abrams calls out toymakers on lack of Rey Star Wars merchandise for girls
Post the record-breaking success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Walt Disney Company has been attracting fresh plaudits for its commitment to storytelling. But there's an uglier sequel to that story. Disney's...
David has had a heart attack – recovering in the hospital
I was getting nervous because David hasn't posted in so long, so I called him at home and his wife told me that he had a heart attack last Thursday night...
TeleRead’s spiffy new e-mail list—and the DBW promo
Top publishing executives in New York and elsewhere are among the readers of the mailing list we send out daily. It's free. You can sign up here to receive the e-mail versions of...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
