Comments on: My CIL 2012 Presentation http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/my-cil-2012-presentation/ the neverending reference interview of life Sat, 18 May 2013 06:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: CIL Talks E-Books, Why E-Books Need Libraries, Other Deep Thoughts: Your Weekly Libraries and E-Content News Summary | Library Renewal http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/my-cil-2012-presentation/#comment-6465 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:38:21 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1359#comment-6465 [...] a concise summary of the session on her website, Andy Woodworth provides a transcript of his talk on his blog and Michael put a version of his slides here: E-Book Trends: Library Renewal at CiL [...]

]]> By: Kirsty http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/my-cil-2012-presentation/#comment-6457 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:52:50 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1359#comment-6457 ‘No aspiring writer will answer the call to write the next Great American Computer File.’

Yes. A thousand times yes. This is exactly what I was thinking as I read your last post, “Schrodinger’s eBook’. Telling an author they haven’t written a book just because of the format it’s in is a sure invitation to get a punch in the nose – in my opinion.

Of course publisher’s are scared of pirating. Before e-books it was something that would take a lot of efffort to enable, and cost the pirater time and money. Now that the files are digital, publishers and authors have a very real problem to face. However, it is a problem that is not going to be combated by massive restrictions, and perhaps one hey are just going to have to live with.

I still think eBooks are an issue which aren’t going to be properly cleared up for some time, but this post and the previous one helped to clear up for me a lot of the potential reasons behind the confusion over them.Though, I think I’m going to have to request a discussion of the topic in my cataloguing class =D

]]> By: On Ebooks & Getting Skunked « SWONtech http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/my-cil-2012-presentation/#comment-6456 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:16:30 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1359#comment-6456 [...] A202 session, “Ebook Trends: Info Pro Perspectives,” started with Andy Woodworth quoting Louis C.K.: “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.” Click through and [...]

]]> By: inlandlibrarian http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/my-cil-2012-presentation/#comment-6446 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:54:38 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1359#comment-6446 “He lived a fulfilling life within the strict confines of Title 17”. A great, succinct line! I have been waiting for a commentary that encapsulates the reasons FOR a cooperative, collegial attitude between publishers and people. Thank you.

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