We will likely learn more on Thursday when Barnes & Noble is set to report their latest quarterly earnings report. The New York Times reports that the company has already warned that losses in the Nook Division “will be greater than the year before and that the unit’s revenue for all of fiscal 2013 would be far […]
National Federation of the Blind Assists in Litigation Against Free Library of Philadelphia
From an NFB News Release: With the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind, four blind patrons of the Free Library of Philadelphia—Denice Brown, Karen Comorato, Patricia Grebloski, and Antoinette Whaley—have filed suit [complaint and exhibits embedded below) against the library because they cannot access one of the library’s programs for which they are […]
Queens Library First NY Public Library System Library to Lend Out Preloaded E-Readers (Pilot Project)
From the Associated Press: The Queens Library is becoming the first library in the New York public library system to lend e-readers. Under the pilot program, 50 Nooks will be available for check out at the library’s Central Library in Jamaica, starting on Thursday. Read the Complete Article UPDATE 2: The ereaders are locked down […]