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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 12:30:13 -0600

I am curious to know how other libraries and or librarians are handling
Stephen Kings e Book "Riding the bullet". I am aware that I can download it
for free from Amazon.com (That is when they get back to me saying that I
can.) or I can pay $2.50 and can download it from Barnes and Noble or
another site. But then what? Catalog it like any other item? Shelve the
disk between Pet Sematary and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption?
Circulate it? Another question can the book fit on one disk? Can I
download the software for reading it to the same disk. What have you tried?
What has the response been in your library?

Lucie Holzemer
Duluth Public Library
Duluth, Minnesota

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
DATE: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:08:04 -0500 (EST)

It's my understanding that the file is heavily encrypted - that it can't
be downloaded to disk, that it can only be read on the device where the
reader originally downloaded it. Which isn't to say that eventually it
won't appear in print somewhere, even if it's a samizdat version that some
enterprising soul typed from her/his electronic version and disseminated.

What does this single-use-only encryption mean for libraries? Will e-pubs
provide any sort of recourse for libraries that don't have the right kind
of technology to support text in this format? Does anyone know the
answers to these, and related, questions?

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: [removed]@pcpls.lib.in.us (PCPLS SHRef)
DATE: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 15:12:55 -0600

>From what I understand, you can download this, and read it from your computer
screen...but cannot print it. Something in the program will keep this from
happening.

My daughter down-loaded it and tried to send it to me...but I couldn't receive
it.

It is meant to be read on the computer only.

Barbara Borg-Jenkins
Reference
South Haven Public Library
403 W 700 N
Valparaiso, IN 46385

Fiction_L wrote:

> I am curious to know how other libraries and or librarians are handling
> Stephen Kings e Book "Riding the bullet". I am aware that I can download it
> for free from Amazon.com (That is when they get back to me saying that I
> can.) or I can pay $2.50 and can download it from Barnes and Noble or
> another site. But then what? Catalog it like any other item? Shelve the
> disk between Pet Sematary and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption?
> Circulate it? Another question can the book fit on one disk? Can I
> download the software for reading it to the same disk. What have you tried?
> What has the response been in your library?
>
> Lucie Holzemer
> Duluth Public Library
> Duluth, Minnesota

FROM: Rachel Singer Gordon <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
DATE: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 15:10:03 -0600

The software alone for reading Riding the Bullet is a 7 meg installation
file, so it will not fit on a floppy disk. Not to mention you might want
to contact the glassbook software manufacturer for permission if you are
planning to distribute their e-book reader... the software deliberately
provides no means for printing out the book or for converting it to text,
etc. We found this out after installing it on a staff computer for
evalution and placing a call to the publisher. Our provisional plan now is
to redownload the reader (when available) and install it on one of our
public CD-ROM stations, with the book, so that patrons can sit and read it
there if they so desire. Not a great solution but all we can come up with
given the limitations of the format.

- rachel

At 12:30 PM 3/18/00 -0600, you wrote:

>I am curious to know how other libraries and or librarians are handling
>Stephen Kings e Book "Riding the bullet". I am aware that I can download it
>for free from Amazon.com (That is when they get back to me saying that I
>can.) or I can pay $2.50 and can download it from Barnes and Noble or
>another site. But then what? Catalog it like any other item? Shelve the
>disk between Pet Sematary and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption?
>Circulate it? Another question can the book fit on one disk? Can I
>download the software for reading it to the same disk. What have you tried?
>What has the response been in your library?
>
>Lucie Holzemer
>Duluth Public Library
>Duluth, Minnesota

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Rachel Singer Gordon
Head, Computer Services
Franklin Park Public Library
[removed]@linc.lib.il.us
http://www.lisjobs.com

FROM: "Natalya Fishman" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:01:55 -0600

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From: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Re: Riding the Bullet
Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2000, 8:47 AM


Here is another solution for libraries:
www.netlibrary.com/

"Nora M. Armstrong" wrote:

> It's my understanding that the file is heavily encrypted - that it can't
> be downloaded to disk, that it can only be read on the device where the
> reader originally downloaded it. Which isn't to say that eventually it
> won't appear in print somewhere, even if it's a samizdat version that some
> enterprising soul typed from her/his electronic version and disseminated.
>
> What does this single-use-only encryption mean for libraries? Will e-pubs
> provide any sort of recourse for libraries that don't have the right kind
> of technology to support text in this format? Does anyone know the
> answers to these, and related, questions?
>
> Nora Armstrong
> Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
> Fayetteville, NC
> (910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
> [removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

--
**********************************************************************
Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
Collection Manager Phone: 216-623-2906
Cleveland Public Library Fax: 216-623-2920
17133 Lake Shore Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44110 http://www.cpl.org
**********************************************************************

FROM: "Natalya Fishman" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:02:31 -0600

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From: Wendy Street <[removed]@server.silo.lib.ia.us>
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Re: Riding the Bullet
Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2000, 9:00 AM


We downloaded the free Glassbook reader and "Riding the Bullet" to several
of
our public computers. We put an icon on the desktop labelled "Riding the
Bullet". So far demand has not been high. We ARE able to read it multiple
times, but are not able to print it. For comparison purposes, we also
downloaded the netLibrary reader and paid the $2.50 for the book. I prefer
the
netLibrary reader, but it does not allow printing either. We have not
cataloged the book, but have relied on staff to pass the word. I'm the
cataloger, for pete's sake, and I didn't even THINK about cataloging it.
Now
I'll have to figure that out ...

Wendy Street
Urbandale Public Library


Fiction_L wrote:

> I am curious to know how other libraries and or librarians are handling
> Stephen Kings e Book "Riding the bullet". I am aware that I can download it
> for free from Amazon.com (That is when they get back to me saying that I
> can.) or I can pay $2.50 and can download it from Barnes and Noble or
> another site. But then what? Catalog it like any other item? Shelve the
> disk between Pet Sematary and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption?
> Circulate it? Another question can the book fit on one disk? Can I
> download the software for reading it to the same disk. What have you tried?
> What has the response been in your library?
>
> Lucie Holzemer
> Duluth Public Library
> Duluth, Minnesota

FROM: "Natalya Fishman" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:04:24 -0600

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From: "Susan Gottesman" <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
Subject: Fw: Riding the Bullet
Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2000, 10:17 AM


Thought I would pass this along. It appeared in Newsday (NY) today.
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/fanfare/monday/nd1143.htm

Love the last line in the article.

Susan Gottesman
The Smithtown Library
One North Country Road
Smithtown, NY 11787

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