Daily Thoughts 9/3/2011
I read some more of No Shelf Required Ebooks in Libraries this morning. I have been learning about the major ebook distributors for libraries; Ingram Digital Editions, Overdrive, and Netlibrary, I have quite a bit more to learn.
I also spent a little bit of time on Facebook and Twitter.
I put the book Blur: How To Know What's True In The Age of Information Overload by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel on hold.
I also went to Barnes and Noble today. The first thing which you see when you come into the store now is the Nook e-reader. The whole window display in the front of the store was for ebooks. It is clear that Barnes and Noble is pushing ebooks.
Also when I was in the store, I noticed that there were tables for summer reading assignments for the schools. I heard one of the clerks at the front desk tell someone they even kept a binder for the assignments from the different schools in the area. We do this at our library. It is the first time I am seeing this at Barnes and Noble. Part of the job of libraries is to visit the schools to talk about books and other materials, distribute library cards to students, and check on the different assignments that occur in the schools.
I read a bit more of Lincoln As I Knew Him tonight. The people writing the anecdotes and statements are interesting; John Wilkes Booth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Walt Whitman are among the writers.
I read a review of Goliath by Scott Westerfeld. I very much like the cover http://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Goliath.jpg The book is coming out on September 20, 2011. I liked the other books in the Leviathan trilogy.
Web Bits
It is Banned Books Week on September 24 through October 1st.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
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