EBook Usage Expanding On An Exponential Scale In Irish Libraries
Only two of the 31 Irish Library services currently offer ebooks to readers but Georgina Byrne of South Dublin Libraries said that the growth of ‘our digital book usage is on an exponential scale.’ Byrne said that when they South…
Briefly Noted | EU antitrust watchdog raids e-book publishers | Reuters
“The Commission has reason to believe that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive business practices,” it said in a statement. Britain’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT), acting on complaints, opened a…
A Dublin Book Festival Gallery ~ Day One
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The Dublin Book Festival Begins
Over 80 of the country’s leading authors, poets and journalists will be descending on the capital from tomorrow to participate in the fourth Dublin Book Festival. The five-day festival is Ireland’s largest literary gathering, featuring over 40 readings, debates, launches,…
Editorial: EBooks & Libraries Should Be Friends
HarperCollins’ announcement of curtailments to ebook licences sold to libraries is at best diasappointing news, at worst it marks the beginning of a publisher driven assault on public libraries in the digital age. With budgets for libraries already under attack…