Introducing A Podcast About Ebooks, a podcast from Library Futures! In this three-part podcast series, Laura (Communications Manager at Library Futures) and Mary (intern at Library Futures) dive into the world of ebooks. With Laura’s library expertise and Mary’s sound editing skills, they explore what ebooks are, the ereaders that make them possible,their relationship to libraries, and more. Listen along as they tell the story through interviews, research, and archival footage. 

A new episode of this limited series drops each Wednesday on Engelberg Center Live! Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and as an RSS feed that can be imported anywhere.

For even more on ebook and ereaderhistory, check out our interactive timeline below as well as our list of references.

Extra thanks to our guests and to themany others whose expertise we relied on in making this podcast.

• Dorothea Salo, Distinguished Faculty Associate at the Information School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Physical-Equivalent Privacy (among many other publications!)
• Robin Hastings, library consultant at the Northeast Kansas Library System and author of the Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion: A Basic Guide for Library Staff, just out in a new edition
• Michael Blackwell, Director of St. Mary’s County Library in Maryland and organizer with Readers First
• Rochelle Hartman, former Adult Services Librarian at the La Crosse Public Library in Wisconsin and now multimedia artist

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