Comments on: eReader.com’s new mobile site http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/comment-page-1/#comment-887517 David Rothman Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:18:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/#comment-887517 Mike and Steve... MC: You, SteveP and I all agree: iPhone e-book sales could easily dwarf the Kindle's--Steve might even say, "Already have." So maybe OverDrive needs to adjust its approach if need be. OverDrive does do PDF right now without Adobe Digital Editions required (it's just one Adobe client you can use). The real issue is DRM as is so often the case! Beyond that, OverDrive library sites seem to be presentation disasters even for non-iPhone users. SP: Thanks for the update. Could the rise of the iPhone be an opening to you to step up your efforts in the library market? Here's one idea. Offer books through the permanent checkout concept. Patrons could get a limited number of books a year to keep as long as they wanted for personal use. You could market this as an auxiliary service so people wouldn't feel pressured to break away from OverDrive. I hate it when my e-books expire, even if I don't have to pay a fine. Thanks, David Mike and Steve…

MC: You, SteveP and I all agree: iPhone e-book sales could easily dwarf the Kindle’s–Steve might even say, “Already have.” So maybe OverDrive needs to adjust its approach if need be. OverDrive does do PDF right now without Adobe Digital Editions required (it’s just one Adobe client you can use). The real issue is DRM as is so often the case! Beyond that, OverDrive library sites seem to be presentation disasters even for non-iPhone users.

SP: Thanks for the update. Could the rise of the iPhone be an opening to you to step up your efforts in the library market? Here’s one idea. Offer books through the permanent checkout concept. Patrons could get a limited number of books a year to keep as long as they wanted for personal use. You could market this as an auxiliary service so people wouldn’t feel pressured to break away from OverDrive. I hate it when my e-books expire, even if I don’t have to pay a fine.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Steve p http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/comment-page-1/#comment-887512 Steve p Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:57:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/#comment-887512 fictionwise stopped making new library sales a couple of years ago. We continue to support the 50 libraries we have. We found we were spread too thin to properly support that kind of specialized market. fictionwise stopped making new library sales a couple of years ago. We continue to support the 50 libraries we have. We found we were spread too thin to properly support that kind of specialized market.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/comment-page-1/#comment-886980 Mike Cane Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:39:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/27/ereadercoms-new-mobile-site/#comment-886980 Doesn't Overdrive require ADE, which doesn't run on iPhone (and probably not any frikkin phone!)? Your overall question, however, makes me wonder if the NYPL has done an iPhone-friendly version of its site. http://www.nypl.org -- can anyone try? Doesn’t Overdrive require ADE, which doesn’t run on iPhone (and probably not any frikkin phone!)?

Your overall question, however, makes me wonder if the NYPL has done an iPhone-friendly version of its site. http://www.nypl.org — can anyone try?

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