So many Rumors and I am way behind. Here are a few.

Was interested to see that, in the midst of all the gloom and doom about newspapers, Amazon has launched a wireless Kindle DX with a tabloid-fomat for ease of reading digital newspapers and magazines. Apparently, The New York Times and The Washington Post are planning to launch pilot editions for the Kindle DX this summer. As they say, the South will rise again!
See—“The Rise and Rise of e-readers,” by Michael Fitzpatrick. May 7, 2009, BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/8037058.stm
And watch for Cris Ferguson’s upcoming article in ATG, June 2009 (v.21#3), “The Demise of the Print Newspaper.”

And, speaking of the NY Times, see this recent article from the New York Times --
Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries Input on Price,” by Miguel Helft. Apparently Google has signed an agreement with the University of Michigan that gives some libraries input over the prices that might be charged for the digital library that could be the outgrowth of the proposed book-scanning settlement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/technology/companies/21google.html
See also – “Google to Give Libraries Say on Prices for Scanned Books,” by Nancy Gohring, Computerworld, 5-22-09. http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=6CF2D981-1A64-67EA-E4C691C6FE23AC3A

The amened agreement is reproduced here. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwyaLgbe76jYT67hjn_0es...

Also worth looking is the excellent ALA Website on the Google Book Settlement. http://wo.ala.org/gbs/

Y’all. I have lots more, but grandson Trifon is awake and I have to go … Have a good Memorial Day. And I will try to be back tomorrow.

Rush out and buy the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine, hitting newstands in September. Reportedly, Esquire, celebrating its 75th anniversary, will release the October issue with an electronic paper cover featuring "words and images that scroll across the flexible electronic page." Also the inside cover will contain the "first e-paper advertisement, with automaker Ford pitching its new Flex vehicle in a double-page ad." 100,000 copies will be printed. Pretty cool, right? Who said librarianship was dull?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
http://lisnews.org/node/31039/