Comments on: Biggest Loser? http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329 Each TechnoTuesday Tue, 07 May 2013 01:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sarah Caron http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329&cpage=1#comment-8667 Sarah Caron Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:57 +0000 http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329#comment-8667 Wow, that’s terrible! I admit, I hadn’t heard about this until reading your blog post. But wow — I understand that publishers need to make money, but libraries have always been such an important backbone of learning and to cut them off from eBooks seems just wrong.

]]> By: Pamela Hill http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329&cpage=1#comment-8664 Pamela Hill Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:22:11 +0000 http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329#comment-8664 Cathy Jo, I just reconfirmed with Follett that they haven’t lost any of these publishers. Now that they have a new digital reader app to download books on iPads & Android tablets, I plan to spend my ebook money with them. Now, as a caveat, I haven’t tried the new app, yet, because we’re waiting on a few things to fall into place. But, it may be an option if the publishers aren’t pulling from them. I hate to even post about it, because I don’t want to jinx anything! ;) Just a thought.

]]> By: Carolyn Foote http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329&cpage=1#comment-8660 Carolyn Foote Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:21:40 +0000 http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329#comment-8660 Great post, Cathy and expressing the growing frustration of a lot of us.

I posted today on my blog about my talks with Follett about their e-book product. Looks promising for schools, and Doug, it’s definitely more cost effective.

I wonder what publishers are planning to do with their e-book content? I also wonder if libraries can sue Penguin directly if the library has Overdrive?

]]> By: Doug Johnson http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329&cpage=1#comment-8659 Doug Johnson Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:52 +0000 http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=2329#comment-8659 Hi Cathy Jo,
We’ve decided in our district that we will grow our e-book collection in the non-fiction areas to supplement research and reference for students and for group reading materials for younger students. We looked hard at Overdrive but it was too restrictive, expensive and did not offer the popular titles we’d hoped for. We are trying Mackin Via. The only cost for that service is the cost of the titles themselves.

I am hoping that publishers will eventually take a lesson from iTunes – when IP is reasonably prices and easily accessed, people will buy it rather than steal it. I’m afraid Penguin and others are just priming the piracy pump.

Doug

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