Comments on: eBabel horrors at the Casa Grande library—and a few solutions http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/23/ebabel-horrors-at-the-casa-grande-library-and-a-few-solutions/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:20:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/23/ebabel-horrors-at-the-casa-grande-library-and-a-few-solutions/#comment-671596 David Rothman Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:37:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/23/ebabel-horrors-at-the-casa-grande-library-and-a-few-solutions/#comment-671596 Terrific, Jeff. There's still the issue of proprietary DRM, but the first step is .epub (along with other reforms, such as Amazon letting the Kindle read DRMed Mobipocket). Content and software vendors need to know that .epub, the industry standard, is the future for companies valuing the library market. Keep up the good work, Jeff, and keep us posted on your progress! Feel free to call and chat, too, if you'd like (same for other librarians facing eBabel issues). I'm at 703-370-6540. Happiest of holidays! David Terrific, Jeff. There’s still the issue of proprietary DRM, but the first step is .epub (along with other reforms, such as Amazon letting the Kindle read DRMed Mobipocket). Content and software vendors need to know that .epub, the industry standard, is the future for companies valuing the library market. Keep up the good work, Jeff, and keep us posted on your progress! Feel free to call and chat, too, if you’d like (same for other librarians facing eBabel issues). I’m at 703-370-6540. Happiest of holidays! David

]]> By: Jeff Scott http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/23/ebabel-horrors-at-the-casa-grande-library-and-a-few-solutions/#comment-671551 Jeff Scott Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:36:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/23/ebabel-horrors-at-the-casa-grande-library-and-a-few-solutions/#comment-671551 Thanks for your comments. I have already started emailing Adobe and overdrive over the format issue. This has big potential, but the content and the devices don't sync. I was able to get both mobipocket and Adobe Reader books to work on my Dell. Pretty much anything worked on that. All the overdrive encryption is really set for Windows devices so it works best. The Greater Phoenix Digital Library is a very big consortium so I am sure they can have some sway with content. Thanks for your comments. I have already started emailing Adobe and overdrive over the format issue. This has big potential, but the content and the devices don’t sync.

I was able to get both mobipocket and Adobe Reader books to work on my Dell. Pretty much anything worked on that. All the overdrive encryption is really set for Windows devices so it works best.

The Greater Phoenix Digital Library is a very big consortium so I am sure they can have some sway with content.

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