LA TIMES: Barnes & Noble says e-books outsell physical books online, December 30, 2010 | 11:14 am
Excerpt: “Bookseller Barnes & Noble said Thursday that it now sells more digital books than physical volumes on its online bookstore. Customers bought or downloaded nearly 1 million e-books on Christmas Day alone, the company said in a press release.
The Nook e-reader [...]
7 Major Ways We’re Digitizing Our World, And 3 Reasons We Still Want Hardcopies
Treehugger. by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 10.11.10
Excerpt: “1. Books to e-Books
Of course this is at the top of the list. Statistics show that 1 in 10 Americans own an e-reader, and those who do own one tend to read more [...]
Information Today, Newsbreaks, Dec 16, 2010
Excerpt: “On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. The eBookstore concept goes far beyond being another option for acquiring ebooks—incorporating key design innovations in user options and operation as well as [...]
I have discovered the joys of free downloads on my Nook. I struggled the first day with using a serial connection onto my PC, but when I went wireless – it all became a piece of cake. I’ve download Jekyll & Hyde and several wonderful old sci fi classics like She, The Chessmen of Mars, and The Moonstone [...]
Douglas County has provided us with more suggestions on how to improve the MARC records we have online. We’ll be doing that over the next few days – so if you’ve already downloaded the file, you may want to reload it in a week or so.
Also, I successfully downloaded two classic science fiction titles from [...]
