Comments on: Books, iTunes, and rental http://www.epistemographer.com/2010/01/28/books-itunes-and-rental/ Mapping knowledge online since 1999 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Josh Greenberg http://www.epistemographer.com/2010/01/28/books-itunes-and-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-511177 Josh Greenberg Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:49:47 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/?p=435#comment-511177 Actually, in hindsight, this argument leads in an unexpected direction, where libraries essentially provide the media equivalent of food stamps. Actually, in hindsight, this argument leads in an unexpected direction, where libraries essentially provide the media equivalent of food stamps.

]]> By: New ways to sell ebooks aren’t easy to implement – The Shatzkin Files http://www.epistemographer.com/2010/01/28/books-itunes-and-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-498266 New ways to sell ebooks aren’t easy to implement – The Shatzkin Files Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:36:44 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/?p=435#comment-498266 [...] list discussed a suggestion from librarian Josh Greenberg  that publishers take note of the “rental” m... built into the iTunes store as an alternative way to collect money from readers for [...] [...] list discussed a suggestion from librarian Josh Greenberg  that publishers take note of the “rental” m… built into the iTunes store as an alternative way to collect money from readers for [...]

]]> By: iPad och bokbranschen » Datortekniskt http://www.epistemographer.com/2010/01/28/books-itunes-and-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-498208 iPad och bokbranschen » Datortekniskt Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:00:51 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/?p=435#comment-498208 [...] när det gäller bokbranschen har Epistemographer en del intressanta åsikter om hur iPaden skulle kunna förändra bokbranschen och biblioteken; kommer vi [...] [...] när det gäller bokbranschen har Epistemographer en del intressanta åsikter om hur iPaden skulle kunna förändra bokbranschen och biblioteken; kommer vi [...]

]]> By: Sean Kheraj http://www.epistemographer.com/2010/01/28/books-itunes-and-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-498185 Sean Kheraj Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:21:37 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/?p=435#comment-498185 Josh: I hadn't even thought about this possibility. Book rentals would be a very interesting business model and the prospects for libraries are even more intriguing. I wonder if something like this could be usefully applied to university libraries through iTunes U. Who knows what will happen with textbooks on the iPad? Josh:

I hadn’t even thought about this possibility. Book rentals would be a very interesting business model and the prospects for libraries are even more intriguing. I wonder if something like this could be usefully applied to university libraries through iTunes U.

Who knows what will happen with textbooks on the iPad?

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