Comments on: Bloomsbury’s Online Library http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/04/19/bloomsburys-online-library/ It's that simple -- and that hard. And that inescapable. Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sintoblog: Bloomsbury Library Online http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/04/19/bloomsburys-online-library/#comment-53745 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:16:06 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1120#comment-53745 [...] rather than being able to select individual titles. You may be interested in Eoin Purcell’s blog on this topic. Posted by Carl at 11:05 Labels: electronic material, Library 2.0, public [...]

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/04/19/bloomsburys-online-library/#comment-53701 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:51:43 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1120#comment-53701 I suspect that it will work so long as people are willing to adapt their reading style.

I suspect that they may well be willing to do that! But I’m also happy to say that I don’t know.

My gut feeling is that the combined offering from Overdrive will be a good one and a challenge to Bloomsbury but they will need to act quickly to lock in libraries.

Eoin

]]> By: thepublishingcircle http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/04/19/bloomsburys-online-library/#comment-53700 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:44:13 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1120#comment-53700 I think it’s a good idea, but I wonder if, with regard to your first point, libraries will be wary that it’s just Bloomsbury’s content. I’m sorry I missed the Overdrive seminar at the LBF, as I don’t know much about them, but it sounds, from my limited knowledge like they might have a better offering.

If the books aren’t downloadable though, only viewable, will it really work for book groups and fiction?

-Laina

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