25 E-book Resources for Libraries

From the lovely iLibrarian:

E-Book Collections

1. 5 e-Book Collections with Over 100,000 Free e-Books – iLibrarian
2. 15 Best Websites To Find And Download eBooks – Designer Terminal
3. 20 Websites for Free E-Books– Hongkiat
4. 80 Online Resources for Book Lovers – Kevin Bondelli
5. 391 Places for Free Books Online – Gizmo’s Freeware
6. Internet Archive and Libraries Develop Joint Collection of 80,000+ eBooks – Internet Archive
7. Download 1 Million Google Books in EPUB Format – Inside Google Books

E-Book Purchasing

1. The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing – ALA TechSource
2. 5 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Apps and Ebooks – ALSC Blog
3. Open Library Offers Libraries a Third Choice for eBooks – Librarian in Black

E-Book Vendors

1. Ebook Vendors at #ALA11 – David Lee King
2. Amazon Kindle Ebooks Now Available in 11,000 Libraries – Mashable
3. 6 Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry – Mashable
4. The Amazon Lending Library is NOT the Library Apocalypse

E-Book & Libraries Controversy

1. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights – Librarian in Black
2. Why the Kindle Will Never Support Library Books – Kindle Review
3. Library eBook Revolution, Begin – Librarian in Black
4. More on eBooks and Libraries – Librarian in Black
5. Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns – Meredith Farkas
6. Penguin Pulls New E-Books From Libraries – Paid Content

Misc.

1. So you want to start a Kindle lending program – Code4Lib
2. eBooks, Privacy, and the Library – INFOdocket
3. 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet – Wired Magazine’s Epicenter
4. 30 Benefits of Ebooks – Epublishers Weekly

The Future Of Libraries In The E-Book Age – NPR