Tag Archives: Overdrive

TKC 185 Peter Meyers

News – 1) Are there fewer Amazon Prime members than analysts thought? Anonymous sources tell Bloomberg that’s the case. 2) Laura Hazard Owens reports on Penguin’s decision to no longer offer additional copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase via Overdrive, the leading provider of digital content to libraries. Random House earlier raised its prices to OverDrive. A [...]

TKC 167 David Burleigh

News – 1) Amazon is wirelessly delivering a software update for the Kindle formerly known as the Kindle 3, now called the Kindle Keyboard. Version 3.3 tweaks the Personal Documents capability and adds AmazonLocal deals for Kindles with Special Offers. 2) The $79 Kindle 4 software has an update, from 4.0 to 4.0.1, that enables [...]

TKC 164 James McQuivey

News – 1) Amazon today sent out invitations to a press conference Wednesday, September 28 at 10 a.m. EDT at Stage 37 in New York City.  As Nick Bolton quipped, no one thinks they’re about to announce creation of an online store to sell air conditioners. Yes indeed, friends. It looks as if official news [...]

TKC 153 David Burleigh

News – 1) J. K. Rowling announces that she is going to sell her Harry Potter e-books herself, at Pottermore, beginning in October.  Will they be DRM-free? The Inquirer and The Unofficial Apple Weblog say so, without citing sources. The guys at eBook Architects (who host the essential eBook Ninjas podcast) help me understand the [...]

TKC 129 Joshua Tallent

News – 1) Are libraries screwed in the age of e-books? A provocative presentation in September by Eli Neiberger of the Ann Arbor District Library argues yes, unless…  I found the item at the blog of Eric Hellman.  2) Overdrive announces new apps and a big increase in borrowing of e-books from libraries (sadly, not [...]