The question isn’t whether or not your library needs e-books for your patrons, it’s how do you deal with your patrons once they have them in their hands?
- A couple of opinions about DRM:
Overly restrictive DRM ultimately devalues a product.
Giz Explains: How You’re Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats
- Perhaps not as prevalent as music piracy, e-books are up for grabs for those willing to hunt for the treasures. Read Digital piracy hits the e-book industry and E-book piracy: the final (?) frontier
Cool fact:
One of the holdouts has decided to release his works electronically yesterday: John Grisham joins e-book parade
Still holding out: J. K. Rowling.