Sentences with phrase «concerning ebook lending»

This affirmation came directly from one of the Big Six publishers that has been criticized for its business practices concerning ebook lending of its titles.

Not exact matches

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.

The British government had formed a task force earlier this year to investigate the potential impact of ebook lending in order to consider mandating lending; the task force was made up of voices from various sectors in the book industry, but the news led to concerns that libraries would possibly suffer in an era of all - digital lending adoption.

The publishers who are currently not participating in the library ebook market all seem to be worrying about the lack of «friction» in the library ebook lending transaction as far as the patrons are concerned.

Since publishers are so concerned with the «perpetuity of lending and simultaneity of availability» of their ebooks, I have to wonder if libraries shouldn't just help them out and hit the STOP button themselves?

The company is citing «security concerns ``, much in the same way that Harper Collins cited the «need to protect their authors» when they imposed the 26 - circulation cap on library ebook lending back in February 2011.

Addressing these concerns will require OverDrive and our library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends school in service area, etc.).

There were even concerns that the ALA Midwinter conference might see some organized and heated protests by members in the exhibit hall where these publishers have set up booths, but several spoke about the futility of letting feelings over eBook lending become hostile.

But that might be changing where ebooks are concerned, and it has publishers watching the state of lending very carefully.

OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive's catalog, claiming that it had «security concerns.»

New concerns are growing among UK publishers over the fair compensation for their authors when it comes to library lending, specifically of ebooks.

Admittedly, Raphael had some good things to say about how the publishers are at least willing to listen to the concerns coming from the public libraries and are even interested in continuing the dialog to resolve their own concerns, fears that Raphael even says are not just lip service or an effort to not cooperate with ebook lending.

Publishers and authors are right to be concerned about the impact of lending on ebook sales.

When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about the control of publishers» titles... Indeed, Penguin's move suggests that the publishing industry's long - simmering concern over Amazon's dominant position and its aggressive new ventures in the ebook market are coming to a boil.

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.

The importance of DRM mainly stems from the fact that most publishers do not allow their eBooks to be distributed (sold or lent) without DRM due to piracy and control concerns.

But eBook lending by libraries does not naturally hew to patron - district boundaries and has become an area of concern for publishers.

Adler speaks to the often cited issue of publishers fearing piracy as a result of ebook lending, a concern pooh - poohed as a sham issue by many critics of publishers on this matter.

In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive's relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the «Get for Kindle» functionality for all Penguin ebooks.