Monday, December 13, 2004
New York Public Library Has Over 3,000 eBooks To Check Out
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "CONTENT" @ 06:00 AM
http://news.com.com/Libraries+check+out+e-books/2100-1025_3-5485643.html
"...3,000 titles' worth--and the library's 1.8 million cardholders can point and click through the collection at www.nypl.org, choosing from among best-sellers, nonfiction, romance novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them for reading on a computer, a hand-held organizer or other device using free reader software. When they are due, the files are automatically locked out--no matter what hardware they are on--and returned to circulation, eliminating late fees."
Here is what I am glad to see - a statistic I knew was right but hadn't seen anything showing it. "At the Cleveland Public Library, Patricia Lowrey, head of technical services, thought technical manuals and business guides would be in greatest demand. "We were dead wrong on that," Lowrey said. "There are a lot of closet romance readers in cyberspace."
My current ebook is State of Fear by Michael Crichton, one of the few big names that publishes his books in ebook format. Maybe information like the above will push a few more authors into hounding their publishers to expand the audience they reach.
"...3,000 titles' worth--and the library's 1.8 million cardholders can point and click through the collection at www.nypl.org, choosing from among best-sellers, nonfiction, romance novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them for reading on a computer, a hand-held organizer or other device using free reader software. When they are due, the files are automatically locked out--no matter what hardware they are on--and returned to circulation, eliminating late fees."
Here is what I am glad to see - a statistic I knew was right but hadn't seen anything showing it. "At the Cleveland Public Library, Patricia Lowrey, head of technical services, thought technical manuals and business guides would be in greatest demand. "We were dead wrong on that," Lowrey said. "There are a lot of closet romance readers in cyberspace."
My current ebook is State of Fear by Michael Crichton, one of the few big names that publishes his books in ebook format. Maybe information like the above will push a few more authors into hounding their publishers to expand the audience they reach.
