Blogs

In this article by Publishers Weekly, author Michael Kelley asks the question “How do we keep e-books from being lost in a deepening digital memory hole”? It provides an interesting look into eBook preservation concerns.

In the coming months NOOK® and OverDrive will partner in providing digital magazines and newspapers to libraries. Specifically, the combination of the OverDrive platform and content from the NOOK Newsstand will enable public libraries to provide readers...

This article by Digital Book World gives a recap on the Adobe news regarding the gathering of eBook readers’ data.

Boing Boing: Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy This blog post by Boing Boing tells the tale of librarians in Massachusetts and how they are working and learning about the freedom of speech and...

This press release featured on Marketwired highlights the global expansion of the publishers offered on the OverDrive® platform. Note: LexisNexis partners with OverDrive to provide the LexisNexis® Digital Library.

No Shelf Required : New report offers recommendations to improve usage, discovery and access of e-content in libraries This article by No Shelf Required offers a summary of a white paper entitled Success Strategies for Electronic Content and Access...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Online piracy of copyrighted works isn’t going away soon. There are just too many reasons why downloading digital content by various means remains attractive to people. For one thing, it fulfills...

It's time to visit with your Estates and Trusts attorney if you live in Delaware. A recent state bill gives heirs rights over digital content, similar to rights given over physical property. Read more in The Digital Reader blog post. And, more recently...

Fingerprinting, watermarking and social DRM, oh my! Framed in the context of the release of Digimarc Guardian Watermarking for Publishing, this Copyright and Technology blog post by GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies discusses the practical differences...

PR Newswire presents the ReportsnReports.com e-Book Market in the US 2014-2018 Report . The article links to the full Report and highlights the basis of the Report. The Report provides key details including the current market scenario and a forecast of...

Business Solutions offers this article with insight into the interactive publishing industry. The article notes that the main challenge could be the publishers themselves. As LexisNexis followers know, we continue to “go beyond the book” with...

Author Luren Dickinson of Shaker Heights Library offers this top 10 reason list to give e-books a try. Article from Cleveland.com .

This Forbes article comments on a European study regarding reading comprehension between digital text and print text for a small number of study participants.

The Library Journal reports on Florida Polytechnic University and their innovative approach beyond their electronic collection. Read the full article here.

Ready to celebrate today? We are. First, check out this article by the Los Angeles Times . Then visit the LexisNexis Store and take advantage of our 1-day sale on eBooks!

As an author in this new world of interactive publishing and digital delivery methods, how do you make content come alive? (Warning: spoiler alert) In the end, the author of this article by Digital Book World , came to one simple conclusion: hyperlinks...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Here we go again. That sentiment—or one close to it—is surely on the minds of many in financial institutions across the country. The reason: after a grueling race to prepare for sweeping...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Thomas B. Paton saw an opportunity, and seized it. In 1889, after five years as an editor with Rhode’s Journal of Banking , he looked upon a landscape of evolving legal and regulatory issues that...

The Guardian newspaper in the UK has an interesting article reviewing the pros and cons of digitizing books and offering them via a digital library. While the article discusses digital libraries broadly, the underpinning issues appear to be relevant...

It's been just over a month since Amazon launched its new Fire smartphone. Drawing on several sources of information, the team at GoodEReader concludes that the new device has received a less than stellar welcome by consumers. Check out their...

Mobile device forum Mobile Read has an interesting discussion on a recent Forrester report that says that while 25 million Americans own eReaders, that number is expected to decline to seven million by 2017. Among reasons why this may be is the proliferation...

The ABA Pro Bono Publico Award is presented each year by the Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service to honor legal professionals and organizations that have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services...

"Wearables" are coming...or are they already here? Law Technology News reports that an estimated 90 million wearable mobile devices will make there way into our lives in 2014. Are there a uses for this technology for lawyers? Other legal...

Need to bone up on new copyright laws while on vacation at the beach? Studying for law school at the pool? Reading legal news in the rain? Not to worry. Kobo has just come out with a new eBook reader that features enough water protection that...

Copyright for books and their electronic versions is an emerging legal issue and one to keep an eye on as digital libraries proliferate across the country and world. In particular, copyright infringement (or fair use) of titles scanned and used in public...