Sentences with phrase «by library ebook»

A recent attempt to tackle this concern was some research by library ebook supplier Overdrive.

To make real progress on this issue, you need hard data that shows ebook sales are helped, not harmed, by library ebook lending to mobile ebook reading devices.

that will allow for simultaneous access to high - demand titles by library eBook readers.

Not exact matches

I first borrowed the ebook version of Gluten - Free Baking for the Holidays by Jeanne Sauvage, better known as gluten - free baker extraordinaire at Art of Gluten - Free Baking, last year from my library.

-32 Winning Basketball Plays — 85 page eBook to help you build a library of simple and advanced plays that can be used by both youth and advanced coaches

«By providing free resources such as downloadable eBooks and music, WiFi, public computers, technology classes, materials and lessons for English - language learners, health fairs and programs for job seekers, libraries and librarians are transforming our community each and every day.»

I first borrowed the ebook version of Gluten - Free Baking for the Holidays by Jeanne Sauvage, better known as gluten - free baker extraordinaire at Art of Gluten - Free Baking, last year from my library.

Like many librarians this week, my thoughts have been dominated by the recent Harper Collins decision to change the way they distribute their eBooks to libraries.

Most people I speak to about ebooks get excited by the idea that they'll be able to borrow them free from their libraries.

eBook Platforms: Lessons Learned from Managing Multiple Providers — p. 12 by Trey Shelton, Tara Cataldo, and Amy Buhler — Gives an overview of multiple eBook platforms from the perspective of a large academic library.

After you recommend the ebook, you even get the option to get notified by email or place the ebook on hold if your library decides to purchase the title.

Looking at the statistics presented at the workshop, it is clear that library patrons find the restrictions put on ebooks by most of the major publishers to be totally unacceptable.

As we celebrate the 55th annual National Library Week, it is a particularly fortuitous time for the publisher to join its Big Six colleagues by providing access to ebooks through our nation's libraries.

He praised Random House for its library friendly policies and this was seconded by librarian Stephanie Anderson who said that most of the bestsellers currently available in ebook form come from Random House.

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.

Called Kindle Books by Alexa, the service allows the robotic voice of Alexa to read any book in your Kindle ebook library.

South Shore Public Libraries in Nova Scotia, Canada, have begun to boycott eBooks published by Random House.

By demonstrating how ebook lending can work through this site, he hopes that publishers and libraries can put to rest some of the concerns that both sides have on the issue.

Adobe Digital Editions is used by millions of libraries and readers to transfer eBooks to their devices.

It's Amazon's, thanks to the blunders it committed by yanking ebooks from kindle readers» libraries, and deciding arbitrarily to block users.

The funds were appropriated by the General Assembly in response to a report by the Department of Consumer Protection which recommended, in light of the high cost libraries pay for eBooks, that the state develop its own eBook Platform.

The concerns raised by some parties are that the ease of ebook borrowing to handheld devices will have a dramatic impact on libraries, specifically in a massive reduction of the numbers of patrons who need to actually go to their local community libraries.

However, the survey found that, while the number of people visiting a physical library location may have dropped by a few percentage point, library website use is up, possibly due to increased access to ebook lending to personal devices and library subscriptions to streaming videos, music, and research tools.

In February HarperCollins announced that its ebooks could only be checked out by library patrons 26 times per title, after which a library would need to re-purchase an ebook in order to continue lending it out.

The ProQuest ebooks team will be employing a consultative, step - by - step launch for the new platform, working closely with libraries to ensure a seamless transition for all ebrary and EBL customers and users.»

If that address matches the service area provided by the library a card is automatically assigned and you can begin to borrow audiobooks and ebooks right away.

About 3M Library Systems 3M Library Systems is committed to helping libraries thrive by providing cutting edge technologies including RFID, automated materials handling (AMH), self check and security solutions, as well as our latest innovation 3M Cloud Library, the fastest growing eBook Lending Service.

Additionally, by allowing users to purchase ebooks through the site, Coates plans to extend a sign - up process in which users can support their local libraries through their ebook purchases.

For example, 62 % of patrons find it totally unacceptable that they can borrow an ebook only by going onsite to the library.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

Millions of additional library patrons will soon be able to access ebooks published by Penguin.

By purchasing together, the system was able to buy more ebooks than each would have been able to afford individually, and the project demonstrated to administrators that the libraries are working together to find creative solutions.

OverDrive, one of the leading sources of loanable digital content for public and school libraries, was represented by Potash, who spoke about the statistics that show library patrons are more likely to purchase a title after having borrowed the ebook.

OverDrive, whose ebook borrowing app continues to be the top - rated large - scale lending app by iOS and Android users, has enjoyed a fairly solid run as not only a content provider to academic and public libraries, but also in other ways.

We welcome Random House's clear statement that they consider their ebooks to be owned by the purchasing library.»

Ebook provider ebrary announced this morning that it has now added the Boston Library Consortium to its growing list of library systems that rely on the company to make publishers» titles available for online reading by its member patrons.

Overdrive is currently the largest system used by libraries to facilitate the lending of eBooks, Audiobooks, Videos and more.

The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London today, and one of the announcements from the event was that the group, joined by OverDrive's CEO Steve Potash, addressed the British House of Commons on the importance and the data of ebook lending.

According to Library Journal's «2013 Report on E-Books in Public Libraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a coLibraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a colibraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a consortium.

The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content & Libraries Working Group, and can be used by librarians to weigh ebook contract variables most important to their library.

Overdrive reported last week in an email to libraries that ebooks provided by publisher Hachette were going to increase by 220 % this October.

Many libraries and consortium's did not want to sell eBooks on their websites and resisted carrying any titles by S&S.

eBooks for Libraries is a site run by a librarian and sponsored by Library Renewal and the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.

I outlined the opportunity for libraries to facilitate community publishing by helping local writers become professional ebook self - publishers (View my library ebooks presentation here).

Get an easy overview of your library and arrange your eBooks however you like — by genre, your personal review or whether you've already read it, or create a separate category for gift ideas.

We can't view a comparable list of ebooks because 1) not all publishers or authors of ebooks provide them to libraries and 2) not all ebooks available are purchased by libraries.

There are also some individual authors, such as Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross, who strongly believe they boost their sales by making some of their books available as free ebooks — and who also understand what libraries do for building their audience and attracting new buyers.

If you add the total number of times these books circulated, and divide each by 26 to determine how many additional books the library would have had to purchase IF they had all been eBooks under the Harper Collins rules, my library would have had to purchase an additional 148 books in order to meet the demand.

Rather than standing idly by as publishers jeopardize their future, some libraries see an opportunity to take control by proactively cultivating a newer, more library - friendly source of ebooks.

4) Because of Indy publications for both print and ebook formats, more female authors are getting published and therefore getting purchased by libraries and into the hands of readers.