Building a Community of Readers: Social Reading and an Aggregated eBook Reading App for Libraries

In Brief: Library ebooks are currently read in different, unconnected reading platforms. Because all library ebook vendors use the same Adobe ADEPT system to circulate ebooks, they could be delivered to a single aggregated reading app. This article discusses social reading and why libraries should l...

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Main Author: Jenny Ellis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: In the Library with the Lead Pipe 2013-03-01
Series:In the Library with the Lead Pipe
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Online Access:http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2013/building-a-community-of-readers-social-reading-and-an-aggregated-ebook-reading-app-for-libraries/
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description In Brief: Library ebooks are currently read in different, unconnected reading platforms. Because all library ebook vendors use the same Adobe ADEPT system to circulate ebooks, they could be delivered to a single aggregated reading app. This article discusses social reading and why libraries should look at the technology, and details the Adobe ADEPT DRM [...]
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title Building a Community of Readers: Social Reading and an Aggregated eBook Reading App for Libraries
title_full Building a Community of Readers: Social Reading and an Aggregated eBook Reading App for Libraries
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title_short Building a Community of Readers: Social Reading and an Aggregated eBook Reading App for Libraries
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