http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/09/drop-in-library-e-book-spending-growth/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 17 May 2008 01:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/09/drop-in-library-e-book-spending-growth/#comment-792894 Jeff Scott Fri, 09 May 2008 18:59:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/09/drop-in-library-e-book-spending-growth/#comment-792894 It's a question of short-term/long-term thinking coupled with ease of use. Overdrive is fairly easy for audiobooks, but for e-books, it is much more complicated. It ends up being a much smaller group than audiobook users. It's that tower of e-babel thing. Too much dealing with Adobe Reader's functionality to transfer a device. If it is any help, my library is putting more money into the service for next year. However, most libraries will have difficulty doing this with the economy. It’s a question of short-term/long-term thinking coupled with ease of use. Overdrive is fairly easy for audiobooks, but for e-books, it is much more complicated. It ends up being a much smaller group than audiobook users. It’s that tower of e-babel thing. Too much dealing with Adobe Reader’s functionality to transfer a device. If it is any help, my library is putting more money into the service for next year. However, most libraries will have difficulty doing this with the economy.

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