NBF kunne ikke akseptere forleggerforeningens krav om at bare enkeltbibliotek skal kunne kjøpe inn og låne ut e-bøker, og mener dette ville vært et tilbakesteg i forhold til dagens praksis.
"What excites me about ebooks is not that they’re easier to carry around but that they’re digital documents. Couple that with a digital network, and now we’re talking about reinventing reading." "...there are plenty of reasons to finish the book /I am writing - mb/ and create editions (version control, for instance), but they are now choices, not rules dictated by the medium." ".. see reading for what it truly is: a conversation in which authors, readers, and an entire community can use the book to build knowledge and exchange ideas"
av Mats Deurell 15 juli 2011 (Politiken.se 9.9.2011) Refererar och kommenterar SOM-rapporten "Lycksalighetens ö". Påstående: "För tio år sedan gjorde 71 procent av befolkningen minst ett biblioteksbesök per år, nu har den siffran minskat till 46 procen
April 11, 2011 The cloud, along with subscription and on-demand services, will transform our perception of content access and ownership. "Ten, 15 years from now, we will look back on this time as a quaint, yet painful transition period: one where consumer
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