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August 13, 2015

A Trend for Libraries to Keep In Mind

August 13, 2015/ Michael Blackwell

As many in the library world have predicted for some time, that Swiss Army Knife of devices, the mobile phone, will displace the dedicated eReader. It's a trend to keep in mind as we promote reading of library eBooks. See this article in WSJ for a discussion.

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