This afternoon, a patron walked into Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre, hopped onto the wireless network with her Kindle ebook reader, downloaded a latest release ebook from the Amazon store and then left! All in a matter of minutes!
This really highlights how we can provide for patrons now and in the future. Happy days!
Hang on! The ride's getting faster!
ReplyDeleteYeah but evil publishing overloards are stopping libraries from owning ebook titles in perpertuity
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One of our regulars was given a kindle by her children. She was horrified. He brought her in, linked to wireless and showed her how to download and she now comes in and does it regularly. She is sold on it. It is spreading people.
ReplyDeleteI think we really need to get on board this train sooner rather than later.
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