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Take the iPad, leave the cannoli

In my town, they printed & bound sets of the town minutes for every single board member and department head. I am the Lorax, and I speak for the trees that wee slaughtered to make all those ugly tomes. Surely there’s a better way? Williamsburg is trying the iPad instead. [...]

Who can save our archives? Turning to the private sector for digitization.

It’s hard to argue with what one man is doing to preserve a unique collection. [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to challenge Google Books deal

As I posted a few weeks ago and you have surely read about in the news (when you weren’t watching town hall meetings turn into bizarro-world, that is) Google Books negotiated a legal settlement recently that isn’t sitting well with a lot of folks. Apparently the Other Big Three are weighing in.

From AP, [...]

Do You Really Own What’s on Your Kindle?

I thought this was fascinating — I had NO idea that there was any wiggle-room of doubt in this area. If you read the article below, though, it seems you can buy a Kindle e-book, and later have it deleted remotely from your device. Your money’s refunded, of course, but that’s not really the [...]