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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Kindle is set to launch its own lending library this Thursday, without the support of any of the Big 6 Publishers (Hachette, Harper-Collins, McMillan, Penguin, Random House, and Simon & Schuster). Very, very interesting, but incredibly limited. It’s a foot in the door. Limiting it to just native Kindles is brilliant marketing.  The new program, called Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, cannot be accessed via apps on other devices, which means it won’t work on Apple Inc.’s iPad or iPhone, even though people can read Kindle books on both devices. This restriction is intended to drive Kindle device sales, says Amazon. The program, which is effective Thursday, comes a few weeks before Amazon ships the Kindle Fire tablet on Nov. 15, which is a direct competitor with the iPad.

Amazon Launching E-Book Lending Library – WSJ.com

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Good: A really thorough examination of copyright and books. Bad: The _only_ mention of libraries is the DPLA project.  Ugly: The author perspective he gets is Ursula Le Guin, not exactly the most balanced of voices on this subject. Would love to have had a counterpoint to her POV in the the form of one of the usual suspects (Doctorow et al). 

One Google Books To Rule Them All?

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Google is now providing resources to help you mobilize your website.

GoMo: An Initiative From Google

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

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WOW! Nicole Kidman’s production company evidently just bought the movie rights…

WOW! Nicole Kidman's production company evidently just bought the movie rights to my friend's novel. I'm so thrilled for Kevin!

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Nicole Kidman Acquires Kevin Wilson Novel ‘The Family Fang’ As Star Vehicle

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I’m often accused of being an Apple apologist or fanboy. Truth is, I really like Android for the most part…but here’s why you won’t see me buying an Android phone. understatementblog: The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…

Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support

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Thanks for the heads up, Michael!

Thanks for the heads up, Michael!

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+Nicole Engard Did you know the kindle version of your book is free right now?

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Amazon.com: Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data eBook: Nicole C. Engard, Jenny Levine: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data eBook: Nicole C. Engard, Jenny Levine: Kindle Store

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Not sure if I missed this being posted around LibraryLand while I was away last week,…

Not sure if I missed this being posted around LibraryLand while I was away last week, but if you missed it, jump on this one quick! 50GB of free storage from box.net just for using the iOS Box app.

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iPad and iPhone Users Get 50 GB FREE. Get Your #Box50GB Now!

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Disney Trip 2011

I've been a little quiet online over the last week, but it's because I've been doing awesome family stuff. Was at Disney World in Orlando all last week, and had a complete blast…just the best time. Eliza was a trooper, and we all had a great time. We're all still recovering, though, so I'll be adding photos to this set slowly over the next few days.

In album Disney 2011 (86 photos)

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Google Translate Conversation Mode

The sci-fi future really is here now. Between Siri on the iPhone and Translate on Android phones, speech recognition has come a long way in the last few years. Everyone in the information industries, including libraries, should be paying close attention to this stuff.

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