by Michael Keane, Feb 1 2020. China is intent on consolidating a digital civilization; which has widespread implications for industry, governance, population management, and international relations.
February 8, 2020 By Markus Reily 29 Comments
It's been 12 years since the Kindle first appeared on the scene, and within a couple of years, it became clear that e-readers were no passing fad.
Z-generationen läser hellre tryckta böcker.
Priskriget mellan Apple och Amazon. " Apple was determined that $14.99 should be the minimum cost. Where things got tricky was when they signed up the six major publishers to their price plan, essentially forcing Amazon to either play ball or have no ebooks to sell.
This resulted in years of antitrust lawsuits and over $150 million in sanctions against the publishers. But the standard was set. ebook prices are now dictated by “industry convention” and Amazon is forced to adhere to them."
Amazon has quietly announced on the relevant KDP help page that KOLL is ending in just over two months.
" We will no longer offer KOLL beginning January 4th, 2021. Customers may continue reading books they previously borrowed from KOLL. You will earn royalties for any KENP Read from these KOLL borrows."
In addition, KOLL will continue to display on your Historical and Payments reports.
Globalt ligger Norge i täten när det gäller digitala biblioteksresurser. Men nationalbibliotekarien Aslak Sira Myhre avfärdar varje tanke på att allt ska vara obegränsat och gratis. ”Det är helt fel.”
Biblio-sovelluksella asiakas voi hakea, tarkastella, lainata, lukea ja kuunnella kirjoja – sekä verkossa että offline-tilassa. Kirjaston digitaalisten kirjojen valikoimaan pääsee kirjastokortin numeroa käyttämällä. Kirjasto voi hallinnoida aineistovalikoimaa ja saatavuutta Axiell Median asiakasportaalissa.
Sovellus on ladattavissa AppStoresta ja Google Playsta, ja se toimii sekä iOS- että Android-laitteilla.
A new OA tool from the French, doai.io. If you've found a live DOI Web link that can only take you to a paywall article, then replacing http://dx.doi.org/ with http://doai.io/ will get a URL that tries to find a free version via BASE. BASE is only middling for finding open access articles. It currently has…
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