E-Books: Software or Book?
I came across the following article posted on Twitter last week. An intriguing examination of the current fundamental disagreements between publishers and libraries regarding e-books and proposals for how to plan for the future.
The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers vs. Libraries
What I find most interesting is the question of how to classify e-books: are they books which you buy or software which you license?
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This article is great in many
This article is great in many ways:
A good read for anybody interested in the incredibly stupid stuff going on between libraries and publishers regarding ebooks and the collateral issues which extend far beyond libraries and well into our “reading rooms” at home.