Ebook borrowing increased slightly (though only accounted for 5 % of total loans) and attracted some new users, with librarians and borrowers welcoming «a great new development» that could have particular benefits for visually impaired and housebound users.
In 2017, audiobook borrows increased 91 % while
eBook borrows increased 174 %.
Not exact matches
12 % said that the price is right, but they would not buy
ebooks if the price
increased even further and 8 % said they no longer buy
ebooks and exclusively
borrow them from the library.
One article that details the
borrowing of
ebooks for the Siouxland Libraries in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reported that more
ebooks were
borrowed in the month of December — over 4,600 — than in the entire 2010 calendar year, and that
ebook borrowing for that library
increased by 657 % over last year.
With right around 75,000
ebooks in its library, an exponential
increase over the original launch, Kindle users have
borrowed an astounding 259,000 individual check - outs of those titles in December alone.
Fortunately, studies have shown that this benefits publishers, as
ebook borrowing (and the ability to
borrow ebooks, even without having finished or read them) has led to an
increase in click throughs and purchases of other books.
With a 30 percent
increase in children's digital books
borrowed (Q1 2016 vs. Q1 2015), younger readers are increasingly embracing public library children's and YA
eBook collections.
With right around 75,000
ebooks in its library, an exponential
increase over the original launch, Kindle users have
borrowed an astounding 259,000 individual check - outs of... [Read more...]
Library readers
borrowed more than 165 million
eBooks, audiobooks and streaming video from their library's OverDrive - powered collection, an
increase of 20 percent over 2014.
In the 2015 - 2016 school year, approximately six million students had access to
eBooks and audiobooks and the number of digital books
borrowed in OverDrive - powered schools
increased nearly 60 percent.
This is an
increase of 24 percent over 2014 with a notable surge in audiobooks usage, which achieved a faster growth rate than
eBook library
borrowing.
Part of this could possibly be explained by self - publishers with not - so - good intentions who have been playing the system, finding loopholes in Amazon's
eBook borrowing system to
increase their KENP payout.