Librarians, Publishers, and Vendors Revisit E-books

摘要

The resurgence of interest in e-books, who uses them, and where the technology is headed were among the issues discussed March 16 at the eBooks in the Pub-lie Library Conference in New York, sponsored by the Open eBook Forum (OeBF). Roughly 200 librarians, publishers, and vendors braved a winter squall to share their expertise and experiences. Presenters were a mix of librarians discussing their e-book programs and corporate reps plugging products. All unanimously agreed that pub-lic libraries are paramount to the future success of e-books. OeBF president Steve Potash declared that the e-book market is "set to explode." Just a few years ago there was no copyrighted e-book material, Potash noted; currently one million e-books have already been copyrighted.