[Asis-l] Library Purchase/Subscription For Kindle Content?

[gerrymck]

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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