Revolution of the e-books
February 9th, 2009 2:46 pm | by Catherine Lavallee-Welch
Mike Elgan of ComputerWorld lists six reasons e-books are about to reach an unprecedented high.
- the economy
- the environment (or green living)
- a publishing revolution (or self-publishing)
- the rise in aggressive e-book marketing
- a rise in books written for electronic reading
- and the decline of the newspaper industry
Elgan also mentions the Kindle/iPhone effect, where, finally, some readers are really catching on.
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As the first USF librarian at the Lakeland campus (now Polytechnic), I opened the USF Polytechnic Library in January 2007 and have developed its various services.
I've held positions as information broker, Internet consultant and academic librarian in Canada, the US and Europe.
A blogger since 2001, I've created and maintained several sites in, and outside, of the biblioblogosphere.
I'm active in SLA, and currently serve as on the boards of the Academic Division and the Florida-Caribbean Chapter.
