They bill it as a way you can
access your library titles in DRM format or student textbooks.
Not exact matches
To begin
accessing Sesame Street
titles,
library - card holders can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit hoopladigital.com.
But for many scientists, instant
access to the literature is crucial to keep up with current developments, so
libraries will probably keep subscribing to the most important
titles.
What is new is that getting that subscription will also give you
access to a
library of classic NES
titles that will include online capabilities for those that support multiplayer.
Love the use of the Cure lyrics • My New Plaid Pants a special edition of «do dump or marry» with Hitchcock classic Rear Window on its 63rd birthday • Gothamist exciting news for
library card holders in LA and NYC — your public
library card actually grants you
access to TONS of Criterion Collection streaming
titles.
The main features of the service are online play, cloud saves,
access to a
library of NES
titles, usage of the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app, and special offers (which are currently unspecified).
The PlayStation Now service is a subscription - based streaming
library which allows subscribers
access to a given number of PlayStation 3
titles on either their PlayStation 4 consoles or on a PC (with a dualshock controller hooked up).
Her current publications include, a co-authored chapter
titled «Leadership Capabilities in the Midst of Transition at Harvard Library» in Leadership in Academic
Libraries Today: connecting practice to theory (2014); co-authored an open
access article
titled: «Lifelong learning in the digital age: A content analysis of recent research on participation» (2015).
Did you know that all members of the Facing History network get free
access to these
titles and more through our lending
library?
The
library offers patrons
access to several thousand
titles, which can be checked out and downloaded temporarily onto computers or portable readers until they expire.
Playster is a digital entertainment subscription service that includes ebooks, similar to Scribd, Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, and the now - defunct Oyster: for $ 9.95 a month, you can
access what Playster advertises as a
library of more than 250,000 «premium
titles» — «the world's only truly unlimited ebook service» (source).
That way, information on individual
titles didn't clutter up the press release, but interested
libraries had easy
access to full information.
This is a program that has been transpiring for a number of years and basically gives
libraries the ability to have
access to a free e-book
title to loan out an unlimited number of times during a small... [Read more...]
«Streaming video is the fastest - growing category of digital
titles you can now
access from your local
library,» said Alexis Petric - Black, OverDrive's manager of publisher account services, in a press release.
Instead of hedging their bets and only getting digital editions of the most popular
titles (which are then always unavailable to most patrons), they can offer
access to an entire
library and not only allow multiple people to read the same book at once but also avoid paying for unpopular
titles.
Recently, Penguin announced it will offer its entire line of front - list
titles, so
libraries can have
access to the digital editions, the same day the printed counterparts come out.
While visitors still had to come into their
libraries to
access the list of
titles, they were gaining this
access to content that wasn't readily available for device lending elsewhere.
One of the polarizing issues in the U.S. ebook market right now is the conflict over public
library access to ebook
titles for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford
access to new and bestselling ebook
titles to
library patrons in Spain.
One
library received much attention for spending $ 23,400 for patron
access to a single eBook
title, «Fifty Shades of Grey.»
The Waterstones eBooks store is closing, but we have partnered with Kobo to ensure that you will still be able to
access your
library of eBook
titles purchased with us.
The first is Metadata API — which allows
access catalog information such as
title, author, description and
title samples.The second is the Availability API — which provides unique
title - availability information from
library holdings including number of units or copies, units available for lending, number of copies on hold, etc..
Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors»
titles available in
libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided
access to a massive backlist of ebooks to... [Read more...]
«We are building a digital home for comic fans where they can find all their favorite
titles and have instant
access to hundreds of acclaimed comic books — all with a
library card.»
Bilbary readers will
access cloud - based content via the website where they will be able to establish small personal
libraries of
titles.
Sourcebooks made one of its
titles available to OverDrive's member
libraries for a predetermined period of time with unlimited simultaneous
access in order to track the book's sales, the author's social media connections, and more.
Ingram
Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public
libraries, including
access to over 16.5 M
titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US
libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for
library patrons.
Through the OASIS platform,
libraries can
access a database of millions of
titles; search, select and manage orders online; download records, including no - cost MARC downloads; monitor standing orders; manage approval plans and new
title notification plans; track orders and
access reporting information.
The sites allow subscribers to easily
access new
titles, take notes, add bookmarks, and create a
library of
titles viewed.
Accessing the
library market is difficult for single authors with just a few
titles.
If you have
access to these
titles through your
library, give them a try!
In addition, customers have
access to more than 17,000 Christian
titles as part of the Kobo
library, which has more than three million
titles — one million of which are free.
A lending
library that allows the user to have
access to the
title only one time could very well translate into even higher numbers of sales, as consumers opt to buy a
title that they particularly enjoyed.
When
libraries purchase videos a large number of
titles are available under a one copy / one user
access plan.
In addition to the ability for OverDrive members around the world to
access these Japanese - language ebooks, the formation of OverDrive Japan means that the Japanese
library market can now benefit from OverDrive's one million
title catalog.
«Not only does it give us
access to thousands of
titles, but it is also simple to use — which is so important with any
library technology.»
As well with this feature, users can search for a specific
title, and if it is not offered, click «Additional
Titles to Recommend» on the search results page to see if the
library has
access to purchase it.
Libraries have
access to OverDrive's catalog of nearly 2 million
titles in audiobook, eBook, music and video formats from more than 2,000 suppliers, spanning nearly every genre.
Aside from the very obvious benefit to the growing number of
library patrons who only
access the catalog of
titles electronically, this program has some additional features such as
access to foreign language periodicals and a highlighted list of very popular favorites.
A judge's recent decision brought an end — for now — to the Authors Guild v. Google court case concerning copyright issues as they pertained to Google's attempts to preserve and provide
access to millions of global
titles, most of them locked away in far - reaching international and academic
libraries.
Thousands of academic, professional and public
libraries around the world have integrated the platform into daily lending activities, and have
access to hundreds of thousands of
titles that cover all major disciplines.
Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors»
titles available in
libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided
access to a massive backlist of ebooks to two of the top subscription - based reading platforms.
In the same survey, 38 % of students from other countries did not know that their local
libraries loaned ebooks, compared with only six percent in the UK, lending a lot of weight to Sayar's assessment that UK students just may be more familiar with where and how to
access digital
titles.
Michael, it may be true that Penguin's eBooks are much less expensive than Random House's
titles, but Random House gives the
libraries permanent
access to its
titles, while Penguin is essentially renting the eBooks to
libraries for a year.
Now, Hachette Group is experimenting with a limited population of
libraries and patrons being allowed to have lending
access to its
titles, although it hasn't disclosed where and which
libraries.
To maximize
title availability for users and ROI for
libraries, OverDrive already supports multiple
access models, including Cost - per - circ, Simultaneous Use — from a growing list of suppliers — and Classroom Sets.
«For a mere $ 1 per
library user,
libraries can get
access to a robust catalog, with every
title offering simultaneous
access to unlimited
library users.
Fans will be granted unrivaled
access to Marvel's rich
library of comics, with launch
titles ranging from the first appearances of characters such as Spider - Man and the X-Men to modern classics like the debut of Red Hulk, Jonathan Hickman's acclaimed Fantastic Four run, Joss Whedon & John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men and lots more.
that will allow for simultaneous
access to high - demand
titles by
library eBook readers.
Overall, the Kindle for PC app is a decent free ebook reader, with
access to the most comprehensive
library of ebooks on the planet, and a lot of free ebook
titles as well (here's a free ebook by Robin Hobb).
Kindle owners can pay $ 9.99 a month to
access a large
library of Kindle
titles.