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Ebooks making libraries popular again, can do nothing about your 80s scrunchie
engadget.com - 10/27/2009
Ebooks making libraries popular again, can do nothing about your 80s scrunchie
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A few forward-thinking libraries in the UK have started offering ebook downloads as an alternative to borrowing physical copies of books, and the local public's reaction has been one of overwhelming enthusiasm. Seemingly attracted by the idea of being able to collect and return books without ...

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E-Readers: The Future Of Libraries?
I4U News — ... list. For the first time in years, many of these UK libraries are seeing increases in subscriptions again. People are actually getting excited about going to the library again, and it isn't hard to see why. Fourteen days is long enough for most people to read a book, and e-books remove all of the negative limitations normal library rentals have. You'll never find an e-book with a weird stain or have to wait six months to check out a popular title because there's a waiting list. Engadget states that the library e-book downloads are currently only available on the Sony Reader, ...

QUE proReader hitting Barnes & Noble retail stores in 2010
Engadget — ... be sold throughout B&N's retail footprint and on its website; makes sense given that B&N is powering the proReader's online e-book store, but the fact that it'll be placed prominently near the outfit's own (somewhat competing) device is certainly interesting. We're expecting to see more come CES 2010, and seriously, with the rate at which these readers are hitting brick-and-mortar locations, Amazon might want to consider implementing some kind of physical trial in order to not go overlooked in its corner ...

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