Fred Zelders

Bibliotech: The Evolution of Digital Publishing:  Authors are podcasting MP3 novels.  Publishers are inserting real-time ads into ebooks.  And readers are discovering and communicating directly with authors on Twitter, Goodreads and other sites.  Host Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) interviews authors, technologists and publishing professionals about how digital media is changing their world. - Fred Zelders

We’ve covered the spread of Kindle in Libraries. Let’s look at some educators’ experiences with and thoughts on using the Kindle in Education - - Fred Zelders

Recent announcements of a series of new experiments with Amazon’s Kindle reader have prompted much discussion about how it can be used to help students learn and, perhaps, save money at the same time. Naturally, some academics – having been burned before – are dubious of claims of technology revolutionizing instruction. But as one who has been using Kindle well before the recent announcements, I think there is real promise. Here’s what I’ve found. - Fred Zelders

Wat nou als je als bibliotheek een variant op zo'n winkel aanbiedt? Geen rijtje PC's met toegang tot de catalogus, maar een Kindle DX (of iets soortgelijks). En als je via die Kindle een boek opzoekt in de bibliotheek catalogus kijg je de opties "#1 Toon vindplek pBoek-versie (1 exemplaar beschikbaar)", "#2 Download eBoek-versie (begrenst op 3 weken gebruik)", "#3 Koop eBook-versie (€ 9,99)". - Fred Zelders