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Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment Amazon's Kindle e-book and Google's Book Search will change the way we read books forever. Some experts predict the e-book market will be worth $9.5bn by 2010, and many estimate the... [27 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader
Cheat Sheet The Amazon Kindle then - is that one of those book readers? That's exactly what it is.e-book readers are typically small, thin devices - about the size of a paperback novel - that can store hundreds or... [07 Oct 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google plans to display portions of those books (rights-holders can specify how much Google is allowed to show) as part of the Google Book Search product and will also provide access to the books through public... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News In a move to assuage European publishers' concerns over book digitisation, Google on Monday said European books still listed as commercially available will not be included in its online registry of orphaned and... [08 Sep 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News Under the new policy Google will not require book searchers to create a Google account if they are viewing pages of books online, browsing books through a university's institution subscription to the... [04 Sep 2009]
Amazon steps up Google Books criticism with court filing
News Amazon came out swinging on Tuesday against Google's proposed settlement with book authors and publishers. Amazon's opposition was made public last week when it joined the Open Book Alliance, but the... [03 Sep 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News The Internet Archive is enlisting some heavy hitters in its challenge of Google's proposed settlement with book publishers and authors. Google has book-search agreements in place with numerous publishers... [21 Aug 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh in on copyright issues with Google's book scanning and book search project, according to the Associated Press. Google argues that the... [21 Jul 2009]
RFID Technology Streamlines Library Operations
White Paper It had to find a way to speed up the book checkout system without increasing her staffing costs. Farmington Hills Library is situated in Detroit. To resolve the issue, Farmington Community... [02 Mar 2009]
Photos: Amazon's e-book reader re-Kindled
Photo Here, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the new device at New York's Morgan Library on Monday. The Amazon Kindle 2 is arriving in the US 24 February for $359. Photo credit: David Carnoy/CBS Interactive The new Kindle has an... [11 Feb 2009]
Photos: What gadgets were the Victorians using?
Photo Here Maurice Collins shows off an automatic page turner from 1880 which turns pages in a book at the flick of a lever. They allow the wearer to read a newspaper or book without having to look down, by... [14 Aug 2008]
University of Florida Rejuvenates Library With Infusion of Dell Technology
White Paper Smathers Libraries began as separate book collections from five founding institutions in 1853. The library system's technology staff was already handling a full workload. University of Florida George A. [12 Jun 2008]
Photos: Inside the British Library's digital books project
Photo The British Library is working with Microsoft and imaging company Content Conversion Specialists (CCS) on a massive book digitisation project. The digitisation studio has been up and running at full... [27 Sep 2007]
Weizmann Institute of Science Books RFID Into Its Libraries
White Paper The institute wanted a centralised computerised system, which would automate book circulation, decrease costly book losses and allow for inter-library loans and coordination. The manual... [17 May 2007]
National Library of Scotland to digitise archive
News The rare book collections alone comprises one million books. The National Library of Scotland (NLS) has kicked off a £1.8m project to digitise its archive and make it available online. The... [16 May 2007]
