Sentences with phrase «current ebook lending»

HC tried to defend its idiotic move and issued a letter to librarians in which it claimed that if the current ebook lending system were left in place, the «emerging e-book eco-system» would be «undermined».

Bilbary, founded by former Waterstones CEO Tim Coates, was developed to bridge the divide that currently exists between publishers and libraries, as well as to offer an alternative to the current ebook lending model.

How «frictionless» will they think the current ebook lending process is?

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Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big... [Read more...]

One of the most frustrating aspects of digital publishing is the current sad state of affairs in ebook lending.

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.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.

One of the areas that hasn't received as much attention recently is the current state of ebook lending.

We have no current plans to sue, and don't know of any authors who are planning to do so — we would hope that the Government would recognise its legal and moral responsibility to make payments to authors particularly as ebook lending from libraries is becoming significant.»

She said that the current state of affairs with digital ebook lending was «terribly unfair» and said that «authors should be properly remunerated» for their work.

With each successful partnership among libraries, the current barriers can fall away for broader ebook lending.

All of this expansion serves to help libraries worldwide in their efforts to bring current digital content to their patrons, furthering the climate of digital publishing by enabling an ebook lending model that meets the publishers» and the consumers» needs.

It would be a mistake to accept the current restrictions on library ebook lending as the way things have to be.

ebrary is currently working with academic libraries in Germany, but the popularity of ebook lending in the current climate of VAT can easily spark the crossover to public libraries.

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.

At the recent American Library Association conference in the Anaheim, California, the current state of ebook lending for public and academic libraries was a dark undercurrent throughout the multi-day event.

«It would be a mistake to accept the current restrictions on library eBook lending as the way things have to be.

One of the reasons we're confident going forward is none of the current players have a clue about how to nationalize an ebook lending system that can integrate with every library.