1. Live, Online Book Discussions?
Oprah’s new Live Book Club launched on Monday, March 3rd. Approximately 500,000 simultaneous logons crashed the system, but Harpo Productions, Inc. says that they are going to keep trying. The club is available as a podcast on Oprah.com or iTunes.
- Oprah Book Club (Oprah.com)
- Statement on Behalf of Harpo Productions, Inc., Move Networks, and Limelight Networks (Oprah.com)
- Watch the entire class now
- Top 6 Oprah’s Book Club Resources (About.com)
2. Get interactive
Making websites interactive will boost traffic and can quite easily feature library activities and services. Putting your librarians – and even your patrons – in the spotlight will make users keep coming back to see what’s new.
- YouTube to offer live streaming this year (Webware)
- Create your own online shows at blip.tv
- Live Blogging 2.0 (Read Write Web)
- Podcasting – it’s becoming more and more popular. (TechCrunch)
3. Oh,
Microsoft significantly dropped the price of
- Microsoft’s Vista price cuts: less than meets the eye (ars technica)
- XP or Vista reader poll (Lifehacker)
- Microsoft chops Vista retail prices (c|net)
- Microsoft Cuts Price for Boxed Vista (WIRED)
4. Ask.com / Google Hook-up?
First Jeeves left Teoma…now Ask?
- IAC Dumping Ask’s Teoma? Reuters Source Says “No” (Silicon Alley Insider)
- Updated: IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology & Partner With Google? (
- IAC: Ready To Bail On Ask? (Silicon Alley Insider)
- Will Ask.com/Google Merger Inspire Yahoo!/Microsoft? (Seeking Alpha)
