Copyright Explained

Here are a couple of videos that explain the origins and ideas behind copyright.





You can find the rest of Everything is a Remix here.

And check out more of CFPGrey's videos here.

Both of which contain some interesting videos and insights.

Harper Collins at it Again

Only moments after I finished my presentation on e-Books I found this story about Harper Collins. Apparently they are thinking about putting ad in e-Books.

Check the story out Here

Free eBooks

First up is a book about school libraries by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors.
It can be found here.
The orignal story I found it on is located here.

The other Free item I found is more of a eJournal than eBook. Archives of the world's oldest Science Journal are now available for free. It Can be found here.
Orignal Story here.

European Commision calling for eBook Standard Format

A European commission is calling for eBooks to have standard format to allow reading of eBooks across multiple devices. One of the major issues with eBooks is the lack a standard format preventing the reading of eBooks on all Readers.

Full Story Here.

Podcasts

Here's an interesting podcast of ABC local radio 936. This particular is The Conversations with Richard Fidler. He has some interviews with some very interesting people.

http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/conversationspodcast.xml

National Library Treasures Unveiled

ABC are running a story on a new exhibition at the National Library.

Check the story out here.

Saving the books of the world

I just found an interesting article about Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive which aims to preserve every web page ever made. Apparently Kahle has now set his eyes on preserving books as well. So far he has manged to gather over 500, 000 books.

For the full article click here.