With ebooks and license agreements, they can essentially opt not
do business with libraries (by not allowing circulation as a permitted activity under the license offered) or charge libraries at differential (much higher) rates, as well as manipulating availability (for example, no bestsellers in the library till a year after consumer release).
The 3M Cloud Library is quickly becoming the second largest player in companies that
do business with libraries.
Not only is Central and South America a big focus for Overdrive, but the company has been expanding like crazy and is now
doing business with libraries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and China.
In March, OverDrive hired Steve Rosato to sign deals with Spanish language publishers, which will help OverDrive start
doing business with libraries in Central and South America.
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Libraries that
do business with Overdrive to power their e-book collection are likely familiar
with Big Library Read.
It
does business with a growing number of
libraries in Kansas.
In a few short years Hoopla went from a handful of
libraries doing business with them to over 900.
The
library system has been distributing ebooks via Overdrive since 2004 and recently started
doing business with the 3M Cloud
Library.
S&S mandates that
libraries need to implement a Buy IT Now button and sell the eBooks, in order to even
do business with them, while Penguin offers it as an option.
The two companies are working on different solutions to deliver HD movies and eventually television shows to any
library that
does business with them.
Hoopla
does business with over 800
libraries in the United States and has an extensive catalog of over 300,000 e-books.
Libraries that
do business with Overdrive loaned out 137 million digital assets in 2014,... [Read more...]
This app allows users to access any
library that
does business with Tolino, so you can browse, checkout and read free e-books.
In the United States over 95 % of
libraries have an e-book catalog and according to the most recent Overdrive figures, they
do business with 90 % of them.
Many
libraries in the USA and Canada often
do business with companies like Overdrive, 3M, and others to facilitate digital book borrowing.
In most cases the
libraries that buy into Overdrive are the same ones
doing business with 3M Cloud Library and Axis 360.
Although the
library did not mention what company it is
doing business with, I have a feeling it will be dealing
with the 3M Cloud
Library System.
Libraries that
do business with Overdrive and Baker and Taylor both enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, and other multimedia content.
Most
libraries in North American tend to
do business with Overdrive to facilitate their content distribution system for ebooks, audiobooks, and video.
Many
libraries that
do business with EBSCO such as Brooklyn and Philadelphia currently
do not have any of the new Random House titles.
Proquest currently
does business with schools, government,
libraries, and private academic
businesses.
What this
does is put OverDrive on Sony e-Readers exclusively and OverDrive then markets the e-readers to all of the
libraries that
do business with them.
The average
library that
did business with B&N also dealt
with Zinio and a host of other companies, such as Flipster.
It could also give a boost to 3M and Overdrive's ambitions to woo even more
libraries into
doing business with them and facilitate digital content delivery systems.
Starting February 17th, until March 5th, Food Network and Cooking Channel star Aida Mollenkamp has provided her culinary guide Keys to the Kitchen to
libraries that
do business with Overdrive.
95 % of all US
libraries have an e-book collection and Overdrive currently
does business with 90 % of them.
Remember not all
libraries offer books in digital formats or
do business with Overdrive.
It will then give you a list of every
library in your area that
does business with Overdrive.
Libraries that
do business with them often have their website automatically populated
with the audiobooks, videos, and eBooks they have licensed for their collections.
School
libraries can obviously benefit from this new program by Patterson, but it necessitates them
doing business with Scholastic.
The main things we took out of talking
with them is the hardware investment that
libraries have to make to
do business with 3M.
Libraries that
do business with Overdrive loaned out 137 million digital assets in 2014, which is a 33 % increase from 2013.
In Canada, many of the
libraries that even bother
with the whole ebook lending thing
do business with Overdrive.
One of the big reasons why Penguin and Simon & Shuster
do business with the New York Public
Library is because of the data the
library receives.
As it stands, when you
do business with Overdrive, you begin at your main
library's website, and then you are redirected to the Overdrive's checkout portal, which creates confusion in the whole process.
If you are an existing
library doing business with Overdrive, I would encourage you to make your purchases now before they go up in October.
They pioneered the concept of a brand new lightning system has RGB colors and serious readers are enamoured
with the ability to borrow and read digital content from public
libraries that
do business with Overdrive.
Libraries that
do business with EBSCO will be able to select from 21,000 fiction and nonfiction ebook titles.
Hoopla has just ironed out a deal
with Marvel comics to offer 250 graphic novels to
libraries that
do business with them.
They have to buy into the ecosystem though, normally
libraries that
do business with Overdrive are an easier sell for 3M, because the staff are already familar
with how the systems work.
Recorded Books has just launched a new streaming video service that is available for
libraries that
do business with them.
Overdrive is the largest company operating in the digital
library space the vast majority of branches
do business with them.
Overdrive selects a single title and makes it available every single
library that
does business with them.
I know many
libraries who have a digital magazine selection
do business with other companies, even though they primarily use Overdrive for their audiobook and ebook collections.
If your local
library does business with another provider, such as 3M or Baker & Taylor you are out of luck.
Michael Bills, the Sales Director, Digital Products said «We have well over 2,000
libraries that
do business with us now and this is up from about 1,200 in 2014.
Do you think you can come up
with a
business plan where
libraries buy your entire catalog if every author that submits will automatically get their book into your catalog?
Their decision is a
business decision (a very complicated one) and has nothing to
do with «hating»
libraries as some are saying.
Libraries need to recognize the need for change and work
with publishers to build mutually beneficial
business models that don't pretend that ebooks are the same as print.»