Tim Coates, former Waterstones CEO and founder of
digital library platform and ebookstore Bilbary, recently released disheartening figures about the state of Man Booker Prize winning titles.
This agnostic approach helps a library avoid the cost of subscribing to multiple
digital library platforms to deliver the titles its lawyers need, as well as eliminating the need to license multiple copies of the same e-book in different formats to ensure it can be used across a diverse selection of devices or readers.
Not exact matches
Now, says Palfrey, we just need capital: a modern - day Carnegie to help preserve
libraries as
digital platforms for ideas.
Despite its steep learning curve, slight pacing issues and a nagging feeling that it would have been better suited on the 3DS, PONCHO is a rewarding puzzle
platforming experience that's well worth a spot in any retro gamer's
digital library.
Movies Anywhere brings together a
library of nearly 7,500
digital movies from Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film, The Walt Disney Studios (including Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks and Illumination Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and will continue to expand the consumer experience as more content providers,
digital retailers and
platforms are added.
The
platform is an intuitive, rapidly deployed
digital library that enhances learning and deepens audience engagement worldwide.
Our SyncBlasts
platform offers a dynamic
digital library of reading and writing assignments called Blasts that cover current events and social studies topics relevant to students» lives and the world around them.
OverDrive, the leading distributor of e-books and
digital audiobooks to
libraries, has acquired Booki.sh, an Australian company that provides a cloud - based e-reading
platform.
Cork University Press has signed a deal to join the University Press Contents Consortium (UPCC) an academic
digital publishing and reading
platform for the worldwide
library community.
e-Sentral is a stand alone
digital book
platform which ranges from authoring tool to end user application and supply ebooks via multiple sales channel including
libraries in South East Asia.
One of OverDrive's leading foundations has been the decision to be device compatible across operating systems and
platforms, allowing
libraries and their patrons to enjoy the most choice of anyone in the
digital content sphere.
Today the Axis 360
platform now allows
library patrons to have access to all
library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or
digital — and creates a convenient experience for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and
digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.
Ebook distribution
platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self - published and digitally published works, unveiled a new program today that will make it even easier and more lucrative for
libraries to put indie authors» titles in the devices of
digital reading patrons.
OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending
platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public
libraries that offer
digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington,... [Read more...]
An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing
platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of
digital content to public and school
libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for
libraries to... [Read more...]
Used by many of the country's top public, K - 12 school and academic
libraries, Axis 360 offers a fully accessible
platform for
library users to find, check out and read
digital titles on their phones, tablets and ereader devices.
FastPencil's
digital publishing
platform isn't new, but working with Auto - Graphics, a leading supplier of
library - specific technologies, in order to bring their publishing engine to
libraries is a
digital model that allows
libraries to meet yet another need within their communities.
Digital magazine newsstand platform Zinio and leading audiobook provider Recorded Bookshave joined to offer a digital magazine lending service to public lib
Digital magazine newsstand
platform Zinio and leading audiobook provider Recorded Bookshave joined to offer a
digital magazine lending service to public lib
digital magazine lending service to public
libraries.
Overdrive is well known as the premier eBook content distribution
platform that
libraries use to facilitate the lending of
digital books, audiobooks, videos and more.
Even more beneficial to
libraries, patrons, and rights holders, the company also works in retailing
digital content, allowing patrons to purchase titles from names like comic and graphic novel
platform Comics Plus and CoverCake, an analytics tool that helps drive vertical engagement through its in - app book discovery tool.
These innovative,
library - driven efforts have also led to multiple IMLS - funded grant projects moving us closer to the vision of a national
digital platform.»
The
platform provides a secure, searchable content repository and delivery system that is connected to a large network of retailers,
library suppliers and other e-book providers, allowing publishers to move
digital content from their organization to any channel partner globally.
NEARY: And one other thing that publishers might sit up and take notice of, says Jamie LeRue: With a
digital platform in place,
libraries can not only distribute e-books: they can publish them.
Digital comics Rob Salkowitz takes a look at the issues surrounding digital comics platforms for libraries and discusses one possible solution, iVerse's Comics Plus Library E
Digital comics Rob Salkowitz takes a look at the issues surrounding
digital comics platforms for libraries and discusses one possible solution, iVerse's Comics Plus Library E
digital comics
platforms for
libraries and discusses one possible solution, iVerse's Comics Plus Library Edition.
OverDrive is proud to be the industry - leading
digital reading
platform for more than 40,000
libraries & schools worldwide.
Without prompting, the same kind of reader is unlike to partake of the virtual book clubs on
platforms such as Goodreads, especially if a
library system has not localized the
digital clubs (check out the Bexar BiblioTech E-Book Club within Goodreads).
The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public
Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a
platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of
digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
NASHVILLE, TN — As more
libraries develop
digital programs as part of their core offering, Ingram Content Group Inc., today announced it has added a new content access model to its MyiLibrary ® e-content
platform to provide
libraries greater flexibility in e-book lending.
A Robust Store
Platform Our store platform handles merchandising & sales, payment, delivery, territory and digital rights management, multiple currencies and languages, and the ability to keep your customers» library in the
Platform Our store
platform handles merchandising & sales, payment, delivery, territory and digital rights management, multiple currencies and languages, and the ability to keep your customers» library in the
platform handles merchandising & sales, payment, delivery, territory and
digital rights management, multiple currencies and languages, and the ability to keep your customers»
library in the clouds.
«Many
libraries are torn between expanding their
digital offerings on the latest
platforms and still providing quality resources for patrons who may lack experience with technology or the means to own the latest devices.»
24symbols is also a social reading
platform where you can create a personal
digital library to connect with other readers by sharing and comparing your bookshelves.
OverDrive is the leading
digital distribution
platform, supplying the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to 38,000
libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.
OverDrive is the leading
digital reading
platform for
libraries and schools worldwide.
The current Reader
Digital Book by Sony presents an open
platform which makes it easy to access a wide variety of content — whether that content is purchased, borrowed from a
library, or free.
Both of the HDX tablets are powered by the latest version of Fire OS — Fire OS 3.0 «Mojito», which starts with Android and adds cloud services, a content - forward user interface, built - in media
libraries, productivity apps, and low - level
platform enhancements to integrate Amazon's
digital content and improve performance for Kindle Fire tablets.
Baker & Taylor intends to launch Acoustik as part of the Axis 360
digital media
platform for
libraries.
Just three years ago, in November 2010, they launched an iPad app with just five titles; now they have a
digital library of over 1,600 volumes, and the app is available for iPhone / iPod Touch and Android devices, the same service syncs with their Vizmanga.com website, and they offer their books on the Kindle, Nook, Kobo
platforms.
While the partnership with Polaris already helps users browse and discover
digital materials more efficiently across a variety of
platforms, 3M's other focus is to make
libraries an even more optimized experience for users.
Currently, a large number of publishers have prevented or pulled their titles from eBook lending catalogs, the
platforms that enable public
library patrons to borrow
digital editions of books on their own reading - enabled devices.
An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing
platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of
digital content to public and school
libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for
libraries to stock their work.
OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending
platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public
libraries that offer
digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
«Public
libraries utilizing OverDrive's Next Generation
digital lending
platform served a record number of eBook, audiobook, music and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day.
The unique features of the opus
platform (previously only available in the UK) will be incorporated into the Cloud
Library product to create an all - encompassing
digital experience for
library users.
In addition, the cloudLibrary ™
digital platform powers eBook and eAudiobook lending at a further 3,000
libraries.
OverDrive is the leading
digital content lending
platform, supplying media to over 15,000 public and university
libraries.
Although the
library catalog itself is not the
platform for
digital checkouts at this time (catalog search is also available through the app, but checkout of
digital content is not available through that interface), the single search and checkout for
digital content is certainly a step forward and one for which Queens
Library is to be commended.
The Nook
platform also embraces the standard ePub format for e-books, allowing users to load their own e-books, including those from Google's new
digital bookstore or ones rented from a local
library, on their Nook device.
Platforms like OverDrive, 3M, Smashwords, and Bilbary are working diligently to provide
digital content for
libraries until the publishers» concerns — namely pricing, number of patron checkouts per ebook purchase, and piracy — are addressed.
Axis 360 is Baker & Taylor's new
digital media circulation and management
platform, used by many of the country's top public K - 12 schools and academic
libraries.
Located in California, the
library system established a partnership with Smashwords that will let the
libraries» patrons check out ebooks from a catalog of 10,000
digital titles in Smashwords»
platform on a one - at - a-time basis.