21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.
A free, digital public library is coming
At a talk at Columbia Law School on April 2, Harvard University librarian Robert Darnton promised that the Digital Public Library of America, a nonprofit effort to offer free access to millions of digitized books, would become a reality by this time next year.
A free, digital public library is coming | Melville House Books.
Flexible e-ink displays are here
LG has begun mass production of flexible e-ink displays.
The new plastic display has a resolution of 1024×768 and is six inches across the diagonal, which is comparable to the Kindle and Nook
March Book Display
How Do You Cite a Tweet (MLA Style) in an Academic Paper?
The Modern Language Association likes to keep up with the times. As we all know, some information breaks first or only on Twitter and a good academic needs to be able to cite those sources.
So, the MLA has devised a standard format that you should keep in mind when citing a tweet.
Here it is…
How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? – Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic.