Chapter 4: Conclusion

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  • Thomas A. Peters

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.43n1

Abstract

Author Tom Peters explains that his issue of Library Technology Reports , “examines in some depth digital audiobook services that can be purchased or leased. It also looks briefly at a few free online digital audiobook sources.”

According to the author, who is a librarian and an avid user of audiobooks, “The purpose of this report is not to convince librarians to implement a digital audiobook service, but to help librarians make an informed decision.”

Among the areas that Peters covers in Library Technology Reports :

Thomas A. Peters has been a librarian for nineteen years and is the founder/CEO of TAP Information Services, a company that helps libraries and library-related organizations innovate. TAP Information Services provides coordination services for Unabridged (

References

“ Final Report of the Field Test of the Playaway Self-Contained Portable Digital Audio Book Player,” East Peoria, Illinois: Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, 2006, www.mitbc.org/Playaway/Playawayfinal.htmn“ Windows Market Share Rises,” WinInsider Web site, www.wininsider.com/news/?2248nAbigail J. Sellen, Richard H.R. Harper, The Myth of the Paperless Office (Cambridge: MIT Press 2002): 16-17nIbid., 17.nChris Anderson, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (New York: Hyperion 2006): 55-n“ A–Z Catalog,” Audible Web site, www.audible.com/adbl/store/audibleAir.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yesn

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2008-10-21

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