Sentences with phrase «us lend ebooks»

Its planned copyright changes to let libraries lend ebooks with or without publisher permission shows it's not averse to forcing rightsholders» hands.

Instead of selling ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity,... Read more >

Perversely, libraries are likely to suffer too from the UK government mandate to lend all ebooks free of charge.

The former might lose sales because libraries can lend ebooks more efficiently (they need fewer websites than physical libraries) and they don't wear out or get lost.

It's not publishers who now restrict the fact that you might want to lend your ebook to a friend or family member.

But with survey data from as recently as 2012 indicating that the majority of library patrons in the US didn't even know their public libraries could lend ebooks, despite the current numbers that 90 % of American libraries offer digital lending, there's an obvious disconnect between the services offered and patron adoption.

I work in a library that lends ebooks and audio books through Overdrive.

All you need is to do is find out if your library lends ebooks and you're good to go as long as you have the requisite library card.

Any ability to lend your ebook to family or friends is severely limited at the whim of the DRM owner.

ETA: In breaking news, Amazon just added the ability to lend ebooks to other Kindle owners or Kindle reading app users.

At the conclusion of the 14 - days, the lent eBook is back on the purchaser's bookshelf and fully accessible again.

Library systems across the country are now lending eBooks in addition to physical ones, and you can read many of them on your Nook as well as any of Sony's new eReaders and Kobo's device.

Even in the library world, in spite of all the recent discussion about how the Big 6 are deciding whether and how to lend ebooks to libraries, most people can't.

Or that you can lend eBooks to your friends?

It's been now ten years that public libraries have been lending ebooks from HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, Harlequin, and Sourcebooks.

Firstly, give people a legitimate and reasonably priced way of buying ebooks, lending ebooks, moving ebooks from one ereader to another, and so on, and the vast majority of readers won't pirate ebooks.

Or libraries can turn to Overdrive for lending ebooks to students.

One of the findings of the report, unfortunately, was that many library patrons are not even aware that their public libraries already lend ebooks, let alone that their libraries could be lending ebooks if they were to partner with an ebook provider:

Gone are the publishers» primary objection to lending eBooks, that they will cut into sales.

There are several problems with letting libraries lend ebooks, but there are also opportunities that could be a big help to our emerging digital publishing industry.

Quit debating whether lending eBooks should be a part of your future, that is, if you want a future.

They do lend books, they do lend ebooks.

The arrival of the Lending Library is an important step for Kindle as Amazon's ereaders do not support the EPUB format, used by public libraries to lend ebooks.

My opinion is that it would be worthwhile for both libraries and indie and self - published authors to find or create a platform for indie, small press and self - pubbed authors to have a way of distributing and lending their ebooks in the library space.

Libraries Most library patrons don't know that local libraries lend ebooks — even those who frequently use ereaders.

So you can lend ebooks to family and friends.

The Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and several publishers was going to end the publishing industry, and apparently so will allowing libraries to lend ebooks.

The key selling points of the Sony DRM are; to make eBook rentals viable, to lend an eBook to a friend easier, to define a clear path of ownership, better pay per chapter (metered) support and the ability to resell a book.

Lending for non-commercial purposes isn't stealing and lending ebooks is breaking terms of service, calm down.

I think the main issue is that you can lend an ebook infinitely, which is impossible with paper books.

Amazon let's you lend ebooks if the publisher allows it.

Users could then lend the eBook out to a fellow Nook user one time for up to two weeks.

Planned for this fall, DPLA will be lending ebooks in what it hopes is a streamlined, non-proprietary... [Read more...]

I have not claimed to lend ebooks, I am stating that this is no surprise to me.

Due to the Rakuten deal and shifting company priorities, they have ceased active duties on lending ebooks.

Overdrive books its billionth checkout (20 March 2018) The Digital Reader Overdrive just announced on their blog that they have loaned a billion ebooks since they first started lending ebooks in 2003.

B&N's LendMe system is also supported, so you can lend ebooks to family and friends.

On several occasions, we ended up talking about how libraries lend ebooks and how that can affect sales, not unlike the discussions we had with some publishers.

Obviously libraries are paying for the ability to lend ebooks.

Like many of you, we have wondered what Penguin means by saying they are re-evaluating lending eBooks via libraries because of «security risks.»

Here's how libraries can legally lend ebooks without having to abide by a publisher's restrictions or licensing:

The Labour Party in the United Kingdom is calling for an independent task force to evaluate the notion of lending ebooks.

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

Overdrive is the main platform used for lending ebooks via most libraries based in the United States and Canada.

Libraries are already struggling under the current impositions of trying to lend ebooks while still working to reach patrons who are moving on due to new technology.

Amazon would I think be thrilled if public libraries failed in lending ebooks, not because they're worried about theft (OverDrive, ebrary et al, protect their ebooks with more robust DRM than Amazon does).

Whatever delightful innuendo B&N were hoping to facilitate by letting people lend ebooks to each other on their Nooks goes out the window.

Even though there hasn't been any official announcement yet, some public libraries have already started lending ebooks for the Kindle.

Instead of selling ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity, HarperCollins amended its terms to limit a purchase to 26 loans.

Allow lending for this book: This allows readers to lend their eBook to other readers in the Kindle ecosystem for 14 days.