Comments on: Public Library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle – We Got Screwed

By: Library eBooks for Amazon® Kindle | TrendSurfer

Library eBooks for Amazon® Kindle | TrendSurfer — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:47:58 +0000

[...] the storage to 3,500 books, built-in Wi-Fi, a graphite color option and more—all for only $139. Learn how to browse, checkout and get library eBooks on Amazon® Kindle. This video is for demonstr…lication/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"> Learn how to browse, [...]

By: Self-Publishing Review | Blog | Self-Publishers and eBook Authors Need a CHAMPION to Assist Them in Gaining Access to the Library Lending Process

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:41:21 +0000

[...] Public Library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle – We Got Screwed from Librarian by Day by Bobbi Newman [...]

By: iLibrarian » Amazon, Overdrive, and Other Reasons to Be Pissed

iLibrarian » Amazon, Overdrive, and Other Reasons to Be Pissed — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:12:04 +0000

[...] Sarah Houghton along with posts by David Lee King and the Annoyed Librarian. (There was a post by Bobbi Newman on the topic about a month ago when it first came out as well as my own take.) It’s being [...]

By: LOST in Libraryland « bringyournoise

LOST in Libraryland « bringyournoise — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:17:36 +0000

[...] blogging about ebooks and vendor deceit, library manipulation, and violation of privacy, etc. (See Librarian by Day, Librarian in Black, The Annoyed Librarian, Agnostic, Maybe, etc.) As Liz Lemon would say, what the [...]

By: Does connecting people to resources trump ownership of resources? | Kestrel On The Wing

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:31:34 +0000

[...] L. Newman on her Librarianbyday blog enumerates many of the privacy implications within the current parameters for enabling loans [...]

By: Public Library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle - We Got Screwed | eBooks, eResources, eReaders | Scoop.it

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:33:35 +0000

[...] Public Library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle – We Got Screwed Don't get me wrong, as a consumer I was celebrating as much as the next guy (or gal) last week about library ebooks (from OverDrive) FINALLY being available on the ever popular Amazon Kindle. I love my Kindle, I've written about it. Source: librarianbyday.net [...]

By: Amazon, Overdrive, and Other Reasons to Be Pissed « Agnostic, Maybe

Amazon, Overdrive, and Other Reasons to Be Pissed « Agnostic, Maybe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:37:24 +0000

By: Caught My Eye: What’s New (and Old) at Amazon | Against-the-Grain.com

Caught My Eye: What’s New (and Old) at Amazon | Against-the-Grain.com — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:11:35 +0000

[...] while “Bobbi Newman, writing at Librarian By Day, doesn’t pull any punches in saying thatlibraries got “screwed” by this deal.” And Harris himself isn’t shy about raising issues of his own. All in all, [...]

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:09:33 +0000

I used to review books at Amazon, but I stopped a few months ago after I became fed up with their unethical behavior. (Yes, I can provide a link if someone needs to be convinced.) I do not purchase from them either. I have no desire to own an ereader or tablet at this point. I think it’s amazing how they’ve been billed as a convenience device to consumers- the amount of data they’re pulling from them is outrageous. They are little more than a conduit to advertise to me through. Amazon knows this, that’s why they’re taking a hit on the Kindle Fire.

Amazon and Overdrive are businesses out to make money, but no one has an obligation to screw anyone else in order to do so. Be angry at the people who didn’t negotiate a better deal on your end, and then be angry that the Fair Information Practices haven’t been codified into law in the US as they have, for the most part, in the EU- then demand that your politicians make it so.

By: Toby

Toby — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:49:24 +0000

That’s the billion-dollar question, Bobbi. It stands to reason that the largest tool we have at our disposal is our collective purchasing power. The only problem is that potential is fragmented into so many little pieces. Can a group of us quantify what’s potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in sales every year, and use it to obtain some leverage. But will all the libraries this hypothetical group claims to represent listen to them? More importantly, will the people we’re attempting to do business listen?

Lots of big questions here. The only real known known is that this issue is exponentially bigger than any one of us.