Library Corner: 4/19/2015

Library corner imageThe Case For Libraries (Publishers Weekly)

The ALA’s latest list of shame – no, not that kind of shame (Teleread)

Summer Reading in the Digital Age (Publishers Weekly)

Salt Lake City Main Library considers opening 24/7 (Good4Utah)

Library of Congress: Recordings by The Doors, Steve Martin, Radiohead, and Others Added to National Recording Registry (Infodocket)

Digital Collections:

Reference: American Bankers Association Launches New Search Tool for Bank Routing Numbers (Infodocket)

Harry Houdini and other Michigan death certificates online (Seeking Michigan)

Images Now Online: Archivists Unearth Rare First Edition of ‘The Map that Changed the World’ (Infodocket)

Columbia University Rare Books & Manuscript Library (Columbia University Library)

Science: NASA Releases Millions of New Images of Celestial Objects Online (Infodocket)

Final Report of the 9/11 Review Commission PDF (FBI)

About once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about digital collections available online.  I also post links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Watch Season 1 of Orphan Black for free this Friday Only

orphan_BlackAmazon is making Orphan Black Season 1 free to watch without a Amaxon Prime Membership on Friday, April 17, 2015. The season is ten episodes long. Season three of the series premieres on Saturday on BBC America. The promotion starts at 12:01 a.m. PT and concludes at 11:59 p.m. PT. The show  can be watched using the Amazon Instant Video app for TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online at Amazon.com/OrphanBlack. 

Seasons one and two of Orphan Black are streaming exclusively on Amazon Instant Video.

Seriously, if you have never seen this this show, it is definitely worth a look. The show is totally addictive!  #cloneclub

Ellis Peters’ Cadfael mysteries available as e-books

cadfaelOver the years, I have written about a lot of my favorite books that were not available as e-books. But thanks to the explosion of tablets, smartphones as well as e-ink devices, many, many backlist titles are finally appearing in digital editions. Today, I discovered that we can add all 21 of Ellis Peters’ Cadfael mysteries to the finally available as digital editions list! I am seeing publication dates of 2014, so I may have just missed these… They were previously only available in print or as audiobooks.

The books are published by Open Media and are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and iTunes and other places where e-books are sold. The prices on the books  average in the $8 to $9 range; although today, I found the first title in the series, A Morbid Taste for Bones,  for only $3.82 ( The odd amount sounds like it might be  a price match to me.)

The Wikipedia article contains the series order and can be found here.

ETA: The Cadfael books are also available on the Scribd and Oyster services.

Kindle Paperwhite for $99

paperwhiteToday is the last day to get $20 off the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. If you are looking for a front-lit, dedicated e-ink reading device, this one is a great choice. My husband and I both have Paperwhites and love them! In my husband’s case, this replaced the first Kindle Touch. He loves the front-lit screen on the Paperwhite.

Do you have one of these or replace an earlier model KIndle with one? Sound off in the comments and let me know what you think of the Paperwhite.

Library Corner: 4-4-2015

Library corner imageOn the Changing Roles of US Bookstores and Libraries (Dear Author)

Toronto Catholic School Board Cuts Every Teacher Librarian (Teleread)

Ebooks for Libraries (JAKontrath)

The British Library Releases Videos to Help Bring Awareness/Discussion to Online Privacy (Infodocket)

ALA Awards Lemony Snicket Prize to Ferguson Librarian (Teleread)

Toronto Public Library Pulps Used Book Buying Program (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Education alliance urges Congress to support dedicated school library funding (Teleread)

How I Organize Our Library Books (From 9 Different Sources) (Book Riot)

The London Manifesto: time for reform? (The 1709 Blog)

If You Live Near Drexel University, You Can Get an iPad Via Vending Machine (Gear Diary)

Digital Collections:

422 Free Art Books Available to Download and Read Online (The Ebook Reader)

Reference: Frances Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Launches Searchable Database of Entire Collection of More Than 19,000 Objects (Infodocket)

Scotland’s historic artefacts go online (BBC)

Science: New Online Database Captures Singapore’s Rich Biodiversity (Infodocket)

Sailors and Daughters: Early Photography and the Indian Ocean (Smithsonian National Museum of African Art)

A Paddy’s Day Present: A Database for Mathew Carey Account Books and a Window into the Early American Book Trade (Past is Present)

Once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about new digital collections available online.  I also post links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Changing Formats: From Scroll to Codex to eBooks

This is a lovely piece on changing formats!

Rich Adin's avatarAn American Editor

Changing Formats: From Scroll to Codex to eBooks

by Jack Lyon

Electronic reading devices abound. There’s the Kindle, the Nook, the Kobo, and many, many more. Electronic formats abound. There’s EPUB, Plucker, Mobi, and many, many more. But for thousands of years, there was only one way to read a book: by unrolling a scroll.

Scrolls offered some big advantages over their predecessors, stone columns and clay tablets. They were easy to make, easy to write on, and didn’t weigh much. They were also compact, holding a lot of text in a relatively small space. But they had one big disadvantage: they could only be accessed sequentially. In other words, if you wanted to read the 77th column of text on a scroll, the only way to get there was to “scroll” through the first 76 columns. Remember the good old days of cassette tape players? If…

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Daily Links: Netflix comes to Australia

daily linksDigital Life:

Google Play Books Expands into Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia, And Slovakia (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Atria Halts Publication of ‘The Whole Pantry’ (Publishers Weekly)

Get ready for Optimus Prime shipping: FAA approves Amazon drone experiments (Ars Technica)

An Open Letter to Parents From a Teenage YouTuber (Recode)

Better World Books Will Sell You a Used Book, or a Scanned Copy for $2 More (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Security:

Oh, Crap: Apple is Pulling Antivirus Apps from iTunes App Store (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

OpenSSL warns of two high-severity bugs, but no Heartbleed (Ars Technica)

Pernicious Mobile Ads Now Hijacking, Redirecting Some Users From Safari to iTunes (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Telephone and Broadband:

NYC official wants Comcast to offer $10, 10Mbps Internet after merger (Ars Technica)

Comcast’s gigabit technology is ready for field testing (Ars Technica)

Gaming and Streaming:

Netflix New Releases for April 1st, 2015 (Gear Diary)

HBO GO comes to the Amazon Fire TV Stick  (Android Central)

Netflix Launches In Australia With Prices Starting At A$8.99 A Month (Android Police)

The NFL Will Stream a Game on the Web Next Year. Don’t Get Used to It. (Recode)

Tips, Tricks and How-to:

How to play and pause content on Chromecast with a TV remote (Google Chromecast)

Best iPad Bluetooth keyboards (Tab Times)

How to turn photos into Android wallpapers (Android Central)

Too Embarrassed to Ask: Wi-Fi v. Bluetooth (Recode)

In choosing a tablet, what screen size is right for you? (Tab Times)

Apps:

20 best kids’ educational apps and games on Android tablets (Tab Times)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon Kindle Daily Deals include the classic Mrs. Mike, as well as romance, science fiction and business titles.

Nook Find of the Day is Ruhlman’s Twenty: 20 Techniques, 200 Recipes, A Cook’s Manifesto by Michael Ruhlman, Donna Turner Ruhlman (Photographer) for $3.99. This is a super deal!

Kobo Daily Deal is Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult for $1.99.

There are some great promotional offers available with the purchase of a Chromecast streaming player. Offers include free trials of Quello concert service, DramaFever, Sesame Street Go and more. The offers appear after you have activated your device (see details here).

Daily Links: Rakuten buys Overdrive

daily linksDigital Life:

Are Message Boards on the Way Out? (Teleread)

 30 times the novel has been declared dead since 1902 (Vox)

New App Blocks Profanity From Being Displayed On eBooks (Galley Cat)

Pushkin Press Announces New Crime Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo (Publishing Perspectives)

ICANN, Copyright Infringement and the Public Interest (Wahsington Post)

Rakuten Buys OverDrive; What’s it Mean for Kindle Library Books? (The Ebook Reader)

Telephone and Broadband:

LG’s ridiculously cute AKA gets a wider release (Android Central)

Gaming and Streaming:

Watch Thousands of Free Movies at Documentary Heaven (Lifehacker)

How Many People Want to Pay for ESPN? The Web Will Tell Us. (Recode)

Discovery Channel Founder Starts Nonfiction Streaming Video Service Recode)

 Chromecast update allows some users to control it with a TV remote (Android Central)

PlayStation Vue launches live-TV service in three cities, starts at $49/mo (Ars Technica)

Apple Reportedly Gearing Up for Online Television Service (Gear Diary)

Classic FPS Descent to be rebooted by Star Citizen alums

Tips, Tricks and How-to:

How to use FaceTime on iPad (Tab Times)

How to Access Dropbox on Chrome OS (Google Chromecast)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals for today feature romance, biography and science fiction, including Walter Tevis’ classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth (the basis for the amazing 1976 film  staring David Bowie).

The NOOK Find of the Day is The Rise (The Originals Series #1) by Julie Plec for $2.99. This is a tie-in to the TV series.

The Kobo Daily Deal is The Lions of Lucerne – The Scot Harvath Series (Book #1) by Brad Thor for $1.99.

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

 

Daily Links: The one ebook you need to read

daily linksDigital Life:

The One Ebook You Have to Read If You Love Digital Books (Gizmodo)

Whole Foods May Stop Selling CDs… (Digital Music News)

How Up to Date Is “Goodnight iPad”? (Gear Diary)

Telephone and Broadband:

Internet providers ordered to stop hiding the true size of monthly bills (Ars Technica)

What Is 5G, and What Does It Mean for Consumers? (Recode)

Gaming and Streaming:

Verizon’s Video Service Is Coming This Summer, and Will Feature Stuff From DreamWorks and AwesomenessTV (Recode)

Apps:

Firechat – “Off-The-Grid” Public Chat Without Using Internet/Coverage (Gear Diary)

Maker of Facetune Takes on Photoshop With Enlight, a Mobile Photo Editing App (Recode)

20 best puzzle games for the iPad (Tab Times)

Tips, Tricks and How-to:

How to turn off the keyboard noise on your iPad (Tab Times)

How To Disable Third-Party Cookies In Google Chrome (Google Chromecast)

Infographic: Who’s Tracking You Online, and How to Fight it (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals include December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith, romance, business and money, science fiction and kids deals.

The NOOK Find of the Day today is a collection of classic British mysteries featuring works from celebrated authors Margery Allingham, Adrian Alington, and Edmund Crispin for just $1.99 each! There is also a bonus offer: buy the current issue of select NOOK magazines–including Martha Stewart Living & Family Circle— for only $0.99 each!

Today’s Kobo Daily Deal is Budapest Noir by Vilmos Kondor for 99 cents.

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.