Comments on: Kindles, Orwell, Libraries, and Ownership http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/21/kindles-orwell-libraries-and-ownership or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/21/kindles-orwell-libraries-and-ownership#comment-52252 Brian Herzog Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:16:16 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=729#comment-52252 @Jeff: good call - I think this is <a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/2-0-or-and-bust/" rel="nofollow">the link</a> @Winnie: Amazon calls their Kindle wireless service Whispernet, and from what I understand, it's more like cell phone wireless than like computer wi-fi wireless - check out <a href="http://ireaderreview.com/2008/01/19/amazon-kindle-wireless-coverage-map-whispernet-map/" rel="nofollow">description</a> and <a href="http://www.showmycoverage.com/mycoverage.jsp?id=A921ZON" rel="nofollow">coverage map</a> @Jeff: good call - I think this is the link

@Winnie: Amazon calls their Kindle wireless service Whispernet, and from what I understand, it’s more like cell phone wireless than like computer wi-fi wireless - check out description and coverage map

]]> By: HotStuff 2.0 » Blog Archive » Word of the Day: “deletes” http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/21/kindles-orwell-libraries-and-ownership#comment-52251 HotStuff 2.0 » Blog Archive » Word of the Day: “deletes” Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:54:39 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=729#comment-52251 [...] Orwell, Libraries, and Ownership [web link]Swiss Army Librarian (21/Jul/2009)“…down libraries’ accounts and deletes their [...] [...] Orwell, Libraries, and Ownership [web link]Swiss Army Librarian (21/Jul/2009)“…down libraries’ accounts and deletes their [...]

]]> By: Winnie http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/21/kindles-orwell-libraries-and-ownership#comment-52250 Winnie Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:43:53 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=729#comment-52250 More technology I don't understand. I was trying to figure out how they could possibly delete things from a Kindle, assuming it operated much like my MP3 player. However, now I find they are wireless which means in my neck of the woods, not particularly useful. More technology I don’t understand. I was trying to figure out how they could possibly delete things from a Kindle, assuming it operated much like my MP3 player. However, now I find they are wireless which means in my neck of the woods, not particularly useful.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/21/kindles-orwell-libraries-and-ownership#comment-52248 Jeff Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:46:51 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=729#comment-52248 There was a similar discussion on Meredith Farkas's blog meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ more along the lines of third party vendors hosting software for libraries. You are right, if Overdrive closed its doors, we lose the books. There was a similar discussion on Meredith Farkas’s blog meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ more along the lines of third party vendors hosting software for libraries. You are right, if Overdrive closed its doors, we lose the books.

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