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In 2013, Oyster launched one of the first eBook rental services, offering subscribers a subscription that covered all they could read for $10 a month. Now Oysters plans to expand in a surprising direction—eBook sales. They will offer virtually every...

A new agreement announced ahead of this year’s London Book Fair just made the world of international publishing a little bit smaller. eBook distributor and discoverability platform Trajectory has inked a deal with the third largest smartphone producer...

When a new e-reader is released people normally don’t upgrade to the latest and greatest every year. Certainly e-paper technology does not improve at the breakneck speed that smartphones and tablets do. e-Readers are one of those things that receive...

ASCENT –Center for Technical Knowledge is now providing an unrivalled educational experience to self-paced or classroom learners. It is producing video enhanced eBooks by incorporating content provided by 4D Technologies (developers of the industry...

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest cultural institution, and the largest library in the world. Its mission is broad, everything from providing research to members of Congress, to administering copyright laws, to maintaining a collection...

Organizations and universities alike have been banding together to prevent important-yet-dated documents from disappearing entirely online. Digital preservation is a big problem, and it’s one that associations—with their significant content...

The 2015 Commonwealth Law Conference in Glasgow, Scotland was the stage for the second LexisNexis Business for the Rule of Law event, which was held last month and attended by more than 180 VIP guests, including Chief Justices, Lordships, bar association...

About a year ago, you could place a pod of ready- to-brew coffee into a Keurig machine, press the ‘go’ button and be sure of a steaming cup in seconds. However, early last summer Keurig employed an anti-counterfeiting system to add Digital...

As law librarians know, the library industry has been transitioning toward a primarily digital existence. A profession centered on managing a physical collection has shifted toward managing digital resources. Librarianship has a crisis of perception because...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team The path to political office frequently starts at a law school. That observation stems from the number of lawyers who, election after election, end up sitting in Congress and in statehouses across the...

Recently, the New York Times published an article about the transformation of Kaye Scholer law library from print to digital. Two points shocked the law library community. 1)The author was surprised that law libraries were going digital. 2)The author...

As the line between editorial and advertorial continues to blur, so does the public’s confidence in content from publications versus brands as evidenced by new industry research. It revealed that only 2% more consumers trust content from publications...

Digital rights management (DRM) is designed to prevent eBook customers from using digital technology beyond what a bookseller or mobile device manufacturer intended. It also protects from piracy the considerable investment of time and money that both...

The tremendous growth of eBook sales has leveled off in recent years, leaving publishers and retailers struggling to find the next frontier in eBooks. Last year Amazon and Hachette had a protracted public dispute over which party would set eBook pricing...

In a book about his championship Lakers teams, basketball guru Pat Riley explained the difficulty of winning back-to-back championships by calling it the “Disease of More.” This is descriptive of the tendency of individuals on a successful...

Good eReader : Barnes & Noble would like their eBook readers to use Nook hardware and their line of Nook apps for Android, iOS or Windows 8. Read more here .

Electronic books are here to stay. Printed books are also here for the foreseeable future. And, despite the differences over the spelling of ebooks or eBooks, they remain a growing segment of the publishing industry. Enjoy this article at IEEE Spectrum...

This InfoToday article announces the rollout of LexisNexis® NewsDesk , a news aggregation platform featuring LexisNexis news content available on the recently acquired Morever platform. LexisNexis continues its leadership role of providing news to...

Read this SLAW article by F. Tim Knight regarding the LITA guide by Kenneth J. Varnum. For those looking to develop a technology road map for your library, you may be interested in this book recommendation.

Riders can stop playing Angry Birds and download something a bit more enriching On a subway in Beijing, it’s not unusual to see commuters spending their rides browsing emails, using their phones or playing games. Now one metro line has introduced...

The European Union recently ruled that eBooks sold in Europe constitute an “electronically supplied service” that is subject to a higher rate of value-added tax(VAT) than physical books. The cost of eBooks will likely become more expensive...

3M Library Systems is introducing a new version of its popular 3M Cloud Library patron app which includes innovative features allowing users to personalize how they browse for content. It offers an attractive, redesigned interface that allows for easier...

Since the beginnings in the second millennium B.C., the catalogue has accompanied the history and development of our written heritage. With its complex, precise concept and structure, the catalogue represents a fundamental ambition of science and culture—to...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Land is more than a precious commodity. It feeds us. It protects us. It gives us hope, a feeling of being rooted in the here and now, and a sense of the possibilities in whatever lies ahead. Indeed...

The Law School and LexTalk teams have partnered together to create an exciting opportunity for law students who would like to showcase their knowledge and skills as an emerging legal blogger. During the next few months, law students will have an opportunity...