Library Purchase/Subscription For Kindle Content?
From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck_at_iastate.edu>
Colleagues/
As Some May Know, Amazon Recently Made Available An iPhone App
For Access To Kindle Content:
"Kindle For iPhone App Released"
[ http://tinyurl.com/dzcck4 ]
In speaking with John Cox, Acting Librarian, National University of
Ireland, Galway, at dinner the evening before my presentation on June
5 2009 at the NLI-Galway Library
[ http://tinyurl.com/luhun9 ]
about their library's sizable e-Book collection (400,000+), it
occurred to me that a library purchase / [subscription ?] of (select)
Kindle Content (240,000 titles +)could revolutionize the entire
textbook and e-text environment at colleges and universities (as well
as within other institutions/organizations) with the use of the
iPhone
App for Kindle Content [Kindle Access w/o The Kindle] as well as
access via The Kindle Device Itself [Kindle Access w/ The Kindle]
I Would Most Appreciate Your Reactions / Thoughts About The
Opportunities / Possibilities / Ramifications Of This Scenario By
Commenting On The Matter At The Blog Entry At
[ http://tinyurl.com/nhccld ]
BTW: To My Knowledge, Institutional Purchase / Subscription Options
Are Not Currently Available For Kindle Content [?]
Thanks A Million !
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck_at_iastate.edu
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Received on Thu Jun 18 2009 - 03:09:51 EDT