I get these via the Twitter feed of the Birmingham-area’s newest coffee/bookshop Church Street Coffee & Books: How cool is that? And how hard is that do to? I’ve yet to reply and send in an order, but I know I will one day. The urge is always there. When I see these tweets I [...]

UPDATE #2: Looks like the Kindle library lending options are live for the JCLC system! UPDATE : OverDrive has released a statement saying that the library system will work with WhisperSync to push notes, bookmarks, etc. to the ebook if you buy it or check it out again. But you still can only download library [...]

We are in the middle of this year’s Food for Fines month, in Jefferson County. Basically, you get $1 credit applied to your library fines for every canned good you bring in. All 39 JCLC branches are collecting the food for their annual food drive. It caps out at $10. So if you have $11 [...]

I just wanted to mention the survey that The Bookseller has up right now. It takes a solid five minutes to click through it, but it seems worthwhile. So if you’re involved in publishing or just like to keep up with all things book (both e- and p-) then click on over and give your [...]

No doubt the eReader sector is a tough business. One has to have the right balance of device manufacturing skills, end-user service, available titles, etc. Sony has been late to the show, even though they were an early mover. Their devices were over-priced and their customer-facing services and stores were cumbersome at best. But yesterday, [...]