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Is the eBook, the end of the library?

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→ Is the eBook, the end of the library? As an adult, I can still find the odd book to borrow, but considering I tend to read fairly niche subjects, it’s far easier for me to find books online, either free via Creative Commons or the Public Domain, or bought via a number of retailers. Is Amazon reading this blog?

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #224

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Anyway, Mitch and I both had stake in the earlyish days of podcasting: Mitch had been doing his Six Pixels podcast for a while; and LibriVox was just growing into the public domain audiobook mid-sized-ish podcasting juggernaut. Disruption of retail. "If Amazon loves anything, it''s disruption.

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Is Amazon reading this blog?

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Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Is the eBook, the end of the library? And on Tuesday, Amazon announced their ‘Kindle for the Web’ , which allows eBook sampling and embedded excerpts on the web. Hello, I must be going… → Is Amazon reading this blog?

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