Sentences with phrase «lending ebooks program»

The removal of content from your account is something Amazon and Barnes and Noble have developed with their lending ebook programs.

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This program will serve a twofold purpose, first in offering libraries and their patrons even more ebook content for lending programs, and second in terms of helping indie authors in the process of getting their books discovered by a larger public audience.

Hopefully, as more major library systems showcase highly successful pilot programs and more publishers adopt the attitude that an ebook really is just a book, lending will continue to grow.

Tim McCall, Penguin's Vice President of Online Sales and Marketing, said, «Penguin is excited to be partnering with Baker & Taylor to expand our library ebook lending pilot program.

Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in ebook lending programs.

Interesting to note that Amazon announced in April that they're interested in the library ebook market after all http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?ID=1552678&c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle and Overdrive is making changes to boost the Amazon program and also simplify ebook lending for libraries http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/06/overdrive-update-helps-amazon-program.html

There's a more expanded report on the ramifications of these eBook lending programs in the January issue of Infinity's Author's Advocate — if you aren't a subscriber, you may sign up for a free subscription by visiting www.infinitypublishing.com.

It was a little clunky at first to do library lending because the libraries were a little sketchy on their educational programs, but since then I've seen library websites with much easier info on how to download ebooks.

According to an article by Michael Kelley of The Digital Shift, Amazon launched its lending program in early November with only 5,000 titles — paltry compared to a public library's offering of titles through OverDrive, such as the Columbus Public Library's offering of over 17,000 ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following month.

When the Big Six publishers pulled their ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.

Amazon's entry into public libraries and their own lending process through the Prime program has just quadrupled the activity in ebook lending.

Amazon also has a lending program that allows you borrow select books from other users or from eBook Club websites like Lendingebooks.com

Two other companies right now offer ebook lending programs such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Amazon initially launched their lending program a few years ago that allows users to share ebooks with their friends.

Kobo has big plans for 2011 with the advent of their new eBook lending program!

When Kobo released the Vox tablet, many of our sources at Kobo told us they were close to releasing their ebook lending program.

Kobo has officially suspended development of a secret ebook lending program they have been working on the last eight months.

Her video has already drawn some interesting comments — and started a discussion about other issues in Overdrive's program for lending Kindle ebooks.

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The 3M ebook lending library program is based on the specific needs that libraries have faced throughout the process of trying lend digital materials.

Besides the drawback that publishers are still imposing checkout limits and raising the price of an ebook by as much as 300 % for libraries, the biggest obstacle may be instituting the lending program itself.

There is a somewhat confusing rule that Kindle eBooks in the 35 percent royalty level can opt out of this lending program, but those in the 70 percent royalty level can not.

Recorded Books is separately working on its own library ebook lending program, which will allow publishers a great deal of flexibility in how they make their ebooks available to libraries.

Today OverDrive announced that their Big Library Read is coming back next month, which is a global ebook club of sorts that gives people around the world an opportunity to read the same ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 + public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's ebook lending program.

«The Penguin controversy could very well reinforce the feeling among the major houses that it is better to wait on the sidelines to see how some of the issues shake out before getting deeply involved with ebook lending, and it is difficult to see holdouts Simon & Schuster or Macmillan changing their minds soon about entering the OverDrive lending program.»

(True, and I have made use of my library's ebook lending programs.)

The last couple of months have brought many changes to Big 6 publishers» ebook lending policies, with Penguin and Simon & Schuster both announcing changes to their programs.

While I understand Amazon's concerns with other ebook lending programs, I think KU must be having as drastic of an impact on their sales revenues as it is on many authors.

Other major specifics were left out of the announcement: the length of the lending period, which publishers will participate in the program, and if there will be any limit to the number of times a Kindle ebook can be checked out.

The Reader Library program is open to public libraries with robust eBook lending programs.

You can also borrow eBooks: Since I mentioned lending eBooks, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that you should check with your local library to see if they have an eBook lending program.

A person can lend the ebook to a friend and still have it on their computer / eReader to read (unless done through Amazon's lending program).

Penguin Group today announced that it will be changing the terms on its library ebook lending program, and on Tuesday, April 2, will begin allowing libraries to purchase and lend ebook titles the day that hardcover editions are released, according to The Associated Press.

The company's digital arm provides audiobook and eBook lending to the library market through the RBdigital platform, alongside several other platforms specializing in same - day newspapers and magazines, adult learning and language tutorial programs.

The Massachusetts State Ebook Project (MA EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may oEbook Project (MA EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may oEbook Project (MA EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may oEBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may oEBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may oebook lending programs may oebook lending programs may offer.

They ship automatically signed into Amazon's services and apps, including (but not limited to) Prime Video, Prime Music, Amazon's cloud storage service Prime Photos, and ebook lending program Prime Reading.