Oxford University Press sent a review copy of Garner’s Dictionary of Legal Usage 3d Edition recently. I’ve been paging through this marvelous resource regularly, which is not something I would normally do with a dictionary. In fact, calling the book…
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Textbook Rental Comes To The Kindle
18
Jul
The promise of electronic textbooks has been with us for awhile. Anyone remember the competing platforms of Folio on Lexis and Premise on West? Both companies sold electronic versions of their casebooks in the 1990s, though they were heavily drenched…
Google Gets Into The eBook Reader Game
12
Jul
Google has announced a eBook reader that integrates with Google books and the Google Bookstore. It is the iriver Story HD. The HD part refers to its screen resolution of 1024 by 768. The Kindle, in comparison, is 800 by…
The Internet Archive Now Wants to Preserve Physical Information
08
Jun
The Internet Archive has decided that physical books need to be preserved as much as digital information. Jared Keller writes about the project in the Atlantic. Brewster Kahle is quoted on the practice of the Archive’s digitization project, where once…
E-books, Accessibility Issues, and DRM
07
Jun
Over at Wired online, John Abell enumerates 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet. I’ll outline them below but you should read through them on the Wired page to give them justice. An unfinished E-book isn’t a constant reminder to…
E-books, Accessibility Issues, and DRM
07
Jun
Over at Wired online, John Abell enumerates 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet. I’ll outline them below but you should read through them on the Wired page to give them justice. An unfinished E-book isn’t a constant reminder to…
