13 December 2011 0 Comments

The future: how will e-books affect libraries and the culture of reading?

How will the e-book industry affect the conventional print-on-paper distribution chain — and what might it mean for libraries?

12 October 2011 0 Comments

How to make your own e-book

If you are interested in converting text to an e-book format, try Sigil!

7 May 2011 0 Comments

Finding free e-books

Looking for free e-books? Here is a useful application and directory.

10 February 2011 0 Comments

Change and digital decay

The problems of preserving digital materials are acute and worrying; David Rosenthal considers them in his blog.

29 January 2011 0 Comments

Are e-texts acceptable?

A survey by the Book Industry Study Group (the U.S. book industry’s leading trade association for policy, standards and research) has revealed that students prefer their textbooks in conventional print-on-paper form rather than as e-texts.

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11 January 2011 0 Comments

2011 — It’s going to be VEVEM!

Very Exciting and VEry Messy — that is what Mark Anderson, a technology commentator interviewed on the BBC World Service, has to say about the year 2011.

6 April 2010 0 Comments

Forthcoming Courses 2011