In the tangled world of e-books, there are lots of lessons to be learned.

Readers are learning:

• That an e-book you bought this week may not be available for purchase next week
• That there are fake e-books around and that you need to keep an eye on lots of things before clicking BUY

Authors are learning:

• To write more and write it faster!
• To keep a constant watch for fraud
• How to publish their own books, some even very successfully
• And, that publishers contribute quite a lot

Publishers are learning:

• That it's tricky to decide on how to price e-books
• That they have lots to argue about

Libraries are learning:

• If you find an e-book in Google Scholar, you may only get a portion of the content; whereas if the book is in Catalyst, our library online catalog, we have the whole book
• Most academic e-books are NOT in the major subject databases (e.g., PubMed, Compendex), so that people aren't finding them
• Many people don't know how to find e-books in Catalyst --  here's a video to show you how

Please ask your librarian or check the E-Books Guide if you have any e-book-related question!

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