Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Welcome Back Webolution

Yay for the return of Webolution. For once, I am ahead of the Webolution game. I took it upon myself to complete this task independently about a week and a half ago. Because we all know how fun it is to have great products that we feel like a total idiot describing. I read through the FAQ's, which were pretty easy to follow, and I downloaded the Digital Editions. Downloading a book was REMARKABLY easy. And fast. And, as pro-print and anti-electronic-books as I've been forever--I imagined it to be cold and weird and unfamiliar and pretty unpleasant--I was happily surprised. It was so easy to use and read! I thought everything about it was pretty darn intuitive. I like how organized and simple the Digital Editions is, I liked how easy it was to move around in the book and how customizable you could make your viewing. I could see how this is actually super beneficial technology for super on-the-go people. (I still don't think I'd want to be reading my future kids their future bedtime stories off a screen though. Also, I don't think I am an "on-the-go" person.) I digress. This is all great. And I don't feel like an idiot describing it to people. I was impressed with how current a lot of the titles are, although not so impressed with overall number, but still. It's very cool. I do not own and have not tried/witnessed actual downloading of the book onto a device, but. I imagine it goes seamlessly. Does anyone have an e-reader?

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  1. The library will soon be posting a brief survey for our patrons asking what kind of formats they prefer for items such as movies, audiobooks, music, etc. We're forming a committee to investigate essentially how much money to pour into these new formats, e-books being very high on our radar. We've already requested to Marmot that more OverDrive money be put into building the e-book collection so I'll keep you posted.

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