Comments on: I’m breaking up with eBooks (and you can too)

By: Papermine

Papermine — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:19:56 +0000

Yes, you do need a boyfriend you deserve, no more Cheetos or cold pizza. With all the advancements in the publishing realm, meaning the stride to become digital, I think authors and readers deserve more. I am not focused on “increasing friction,” but more so creating an easy and fluid experience for authors AND readers. That is what we strive for with the launch of our private beta. Large publishing houses have more on their mind, which creates a disconnect and magically changes the wine to beer… becoming that boyfriend who doesn’t want to introduce you to his parents all of a sudden. Ha, that should be our tagline ‘we will keep serving wine and truffled pasta and always open the door.’

By: The E-Book Dilemna » Public Libraries Online

The E-Book Dilemna » Public Libraries Online — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:52:15 +0000

[...] step, but does it go far enough? Sarah Houghton writes poignantly and metaphorically on her blog about the betrayal of e-books. Would it be too extreme to boycott print works from publishers who [...]

By: Cate Levinson

Cate Levinson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:31:34 +0000

You are my hero! and if I one more person tells me that checking out ereaders is the wave of the future I’m going to scream!

By: Carlo

Carlo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:56:15 +0000

Send that guy to the curb. With the other dogpoop.

Don’t even bag and toss him.

Great post, Sarah.

The ONLY advantage I could think of came up the other day when I picked up another weighty tome [I'm 62], thinking “oh, this is going to be heavy.” However I have discovered that another book makes a great bookstand, so I don’t really have to hold it up.

And besides, I love books too much.

Please don’t tell my wife I have a boyfriend, OK?

By: Greetings Library Scientist | MaisonBisson.com

Greetings Library Scientist | MaisonBisson.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:11:49 +0000

[...] very purpose for which libraries were founded. Copy protection in most ebooks makes them difficult (impossible or illegal) to lend in public libraries, and even as libraries struggle with that, the natural shape of [...]

By: A link roundup « A Modern Hypatia

A link roundup « A Modern Hypatia — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:45:35 +0000

[...] in Black takes on the problems of ebooks and libraries. (She’s done it before, but this version is [...]

By: Getting A Grip on eBook Writing for Business | My Urgent Information

Getting A Grip on eBook Writing for Business | My Urgent Information — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:57:28 +0000

[...] anything, take action on this and do not sit around reading every single day and getting nowhere.You can develop a nice stable of information products based on eBooks you create, but you have to kn… you are doing. Some people write smaller eBooks and use them for lead generation, and that is just [...]

By: Bibliotheken en E-books: ‘it simply doesn’t work..’ « WebbiebNL

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:14:24 +0000

[...] die nu al baalt van E-books is Sarah Houghton, @TheLib. Eerder schreef ze de blog “I’m breaking up with eBooks (and you can too)“. Sarah is directeur van de San Rafael Public Library in San Francisco (USA). WebbiebNL [...]

By: Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:10:43 +0000

I just listened to your panel discussion during The Digital Shift conference. Sarah, you are fantastic! I’m inspired by your stand against DRM encoded ebooks. I wish more librarians would be vocal about how inconsistent digital rights management is with the core values of libraries. Don’t listen to the nay-sayers — you are right on target!

By: Digital Content Is SO Broken - The Digital Shift

Digital Content Is SO Broken - The Digital Shift — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:13:33 +0000

[...] Leave a Comment I don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that the e-book market is A World of Hurt for libraries. I don’t even know where to begin in listing the litany of damage that the [...]