For a concise summary of the world (or ocean) of “e”, read this blog post about the Ebook tipping point by Tracey Thompson in Library 020—Musing about public libraries and library technologies where yes, there are still librarians!
Tracey summarizes a Pew Internet report from April 4 on the rise of e-reading, followed by various publishing houses and their current positions relating to ebooks. She blogs about ALA’s talks with publishers, Amazon and self-publishing through their site, OverDrive’s relationship with Amazon and Kindle, and Apple and the Department of Justice lawsuit against them and five of the big publishers.
Tracy concludes with libraries and the tipping point of new business models for publishers. She predicts that the next few years will be exciting in the world of ebooks.
How do you feel? Would “excited” be your description? Maybe cautiously optimistic?
Karen
Northland