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Is a universal library finally within reach?
The news that the general ebook subscription offering Oyster is throwing in the towel was not really a surprise. The business model they were forced to adopt for the biggest publishers — paying full price for each use of a book with a threshold trigger at considerably less than a complete read while, at the […]
The shuttering of Oyster,
Project idea for 658?
Why checking out ebooks thru libraries SUCKS.
Oyster's strong tech saved it from being another sad ebook startup failure story, but it's another case of platform power edging out an independent startup.
Oyster, a subscription e-books service, launched two years ago “with a simple idea to build a better way to read on mobile.” When invitations to the...
The e-book subscription service is shutting down its operations over the next few months, and most of its staff is reported to be leaving to join Google.
Chalk another one up to "things Some People thought would never happen."
Introduction Protecting user privacy and confidentiality has long been an integral part of the intellectual freedom mission of libraries. The right to free inquiry as assured by the First Amendment
GOD DAMN IT PUBLISHERS... (later note: apparently this is opt-in, though the article makes NO mention of that)
In brief, this three-way partnership between the New York Public Library (NYPL), DPLA, and First Book (with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services) seeks to make free ebooks accessible to low-income children between the ages of 0 and 18. The books will be made available through the NYPL Library Simplified app (available in … Continue reading The Open Ebooks Initiative →