I just spent a bunch of time dealing with what could be a scam involving Reader’s Choice (also known as Reader’s Source and Magazine Services of America). It seems they attempted to call my teenage son for a week disguising phone numbers and names. When they finally got him on the phone it seems they [...]

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Organize Your Digital Life: How to Store Your Photographs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World
I ran across the book, Organize Your Digital Life: How to Store Your Photogaphs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World, in the bookstore and thought, “Aha!”.   This is the book for any libarian or media [...]

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Shelf-Awareness has an excellent introduction to E-Books and Readers in their July 23rd newsletter.  Before you buy an E-Book reader be sure to read this article, Namastechnology: Talking E-Books with Customers

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Shelf-Awareness.com says, “Beginning with today’s edition, the bestseller list published every Thursday in USA Today will include Amazon Kindle book sales in its overall rankings…”     Read the post…http://news.shelf-awareness.com
Read the USA Today announcement: http://www.usatoday.com

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Shelf-Awareness.com intruduced me to an article in the N.Y. Times, “Target Can Make Sleepy Titles Into Best Sellers“. The post on Shelf-Awareness.com said, “In the last few years, Target has become “a tastemaker for books” through its book club and the Bookmarked Breakout program, both started in 2005, the New York Times wrote. The programs [...]

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Libraries turn page to thrive in digital ageGlobe and Mail - CanadaAnd perhaps the biggest sign that this isn’t yesterday’s library is the shortage of books in this part of the building, a deliberate attempt to make it more …
New library to expand collection, technologyMirror - Royal Oak,MI,USA“It’s a 21st century library in every [...]

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