You can find, borrow, enjoy, and return
eBooks and audiobooks on a variety of compatible tablets, phones, and computers, all for free with your library card.
Walmart partnered with Kobo to sell
ebooks and audiobooks on its website and will also release a co-branded app later this year so people can read and listen.
Not exact matches
Instantly borrow movies, music,
audiobooks,
ebooks, comics
and TV shows to enjoy
on your computer, tablet, or phone through hoopla!
In fact, 56 of their public library partners have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts (
eBooks and audiobooks) year to date in 2017, with 7 more well
on their way to meeting this milestone prior to year end (compared to 49 total in 2016).
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.
Not to mention this is a huge boon for indie developers who are releasing high quality
audiobook and ebook apps
on the Apple platform, where users pay to unlock certain features or purchase content.
Audiobook use is about
on par with
ebooks for readers 45 - 54
and continues to decline with the older age brackets.
Each model will come bundled with the Overdrive Application
on the tablets giving you full access to the
ebook and audiobook downloads.
They can mix their collections with a variety of access models — from one copy / one user, metered access to simultaneous use
and soon Cost - per - Circ for
eBooks and audiobooks — depending
on the title, expected demand,
and budget.
We always put an e-reader spin
on things
on how your device can be used for magazines, newspapers, PDF's,
eBooks,
and audiobooks.
Overdrive intends
on releasing a massive amount of metrics based
on all of the schools
and libraries that use their service for the facilitation of
ebook and audiobook lending.
Severely Limited in What You Can Buy outside the USA You Have to Be a Prime Member to Enjoy Many Features Overdrive Library
eBooks Could Be Simpler
Audiobook Program Has Few Options for Optimization Side - Loaded Apps
and Content Look Very Pixelated
on the Main Carousel
Overdrive has reported that all of the Harry Potter books account for 64 % of the top Juvenile Fiction
eBook and Audiobook titles downloaded in April, occupying 51 of 80 possible positions
on... [Read more...]
One of the inherent advantages of Axis 360 is that it allows for the
ebooks or
audiobooks to be downloaded
and read (or heard)
on a PC or Mac.
Print
and ebook formats are available currently exclusively
on Amazon, hardcover format is forthcoming,
and the sisters are considering creating an
audiobook format of their novel, while they outline stories for their next book.
Authors, writers, publishers of
eBooks,
audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their
eBook through their author page
on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage
and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an
eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial
and copyright control or B) sell their
eBook through their author page
on XinXii
and additionally
on major
eBook retailers - we convert
eBooks to the ePub
and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading
eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories
and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate
and comment
on eBooks
If you buy the
audiobook through audible
and mail me proof that this is one of the first three sales you made
on audible, I will send you the
eBook plus one of my novels as an
eBook for free (the title is your choice).
+ John Scalzi has published some numbers in his blog too (he emphasized
on differences between
ebooks,
audiobooks and printed books).
Here, visitors learned about borrowing
eBooks and audiobooks for free
on their personal devices.
And (sigh)
audiobooks are still dependent
on many of the same marketing channels as
ebooks.
You'll see first - hand how the sales rankings
and bestseller lists work
on Amazon for
eBooks, print books,
and audiobooks.
After moving Heaven to Betsy to Pronoun in 2017
and promoting it as free
on BookBub, it had no «bump» in audio companion sales, even though
on the Amazon Kindle sales page it showed the
ebook and audiobook as linked.
On February 9, Penguin Books announced that it has pulled out of its contract with OverDrive to supply
ebooks and downloadable
audiobooks to libraries.
Fussy Librarian also lists
ebooks on multiple platforms
and includes an
audiobook link, which is one of the reasons I like advertising there.
Books Should be Free — Public domain
ebooks and audiobooks abound
on this site.
Having mobile LTE access allows you to access movies,
ebooks,
audiobooks,
and other interactive content
on the go.
This virtual session is perfect for libraries who have questions
on digital
eBooks,
audiobooks and streaming video services.
Penguin Group, which announced last year that any books published after November 14 would not be available for
ebook lending from libraries —
and initially had said those
ebooks would not be available for Kindle, but has since backed down from that statement — has now decided to pull its
audiobook downloads from library catalogs for books published
on or after that same date.
The video titles are housed
on the same platform as all of your
eBook,
audiobook and music titles, creating a simple, one - location user experience for the patrons.
Times are changing,
and Spanish
eBooks and Audiobook sales have been dramatically increasing, due to the rise of e-readers
and reading apps
on tablets.
«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 big draw
on the new Kindle Fire is the
ebook,
audiobook,
and the cloud based solutions.
Voracious readers will be spending more money,
on average, for their
audiobooks,
eBooks, newspapers
and magazines.
I would love them to offer
audiobook and ebook bundles, I switch between reading
on my Kobo
and listening to
audiobooks on Audible but I don't want to buy the book twice.
Based
on activities of top circulating public libraries,
eBook,
audiobook and digital magazine checkouts are
on track to grow 30 - 40 percent for 2016 over the record levels achieved for 2015.
The only thing that might make this even better is if they actually made an iBooks app for Android, so people could read their
eBooks and audiobooks purchased via iBooks
on open android eReaders, but still be able to sync it with iCloud,
and have progress, notes, etc., be synced to iBooks for Mac or iOS devices.
The new partnership between OverDrive
and NOOK Newsstand will enable readers to access popular magazines
and newspapers in the same manner,
and on the same website, as they discover
and borrow OverDrive
eBooks,
audiobooks and streaming video.
I plan
on starting with an
ebook and an
audiobook and seeing if there is any traction.
There are more than four million
ebooks and paperbacks available
on Amazon but less than 200,000
audiobooks -LSB-...]
But perhaps
on a long plane trip I may use the 650 for both
eBooks and audiobooks.]
«
And, today, I am thrilled to finally deliver on my promise and make Project Gutenberg eBooks available as free audiobooks to everyone!&raq
And, today, I am thrilled to finally deliver
on my promise
and make Project Gutenberg eBooks available as free audiobooks to everyone!&raq
and make Project Gutenberg
eBooks available as free
audiobooks to everyone!»
When I was a guest
on Stephen Campbell's The Author Biz podcast to talk about
audiobook marketing
and promotion, I mentioned the ripple effect of BookBub ads for
ebooks.
Borrow
eBooks,
audiobooks,
and streaming video from your library using OverDrive
on your device.
These titles include both an
eBook, which you can read
on your Kindle or Kindle app,
and narration similar to an
audiobook.
Now that
audiobooks are so easy to download
and listen to
on our tablets
and phones, sales are seeing the same kind of exponential growth enjoyed by
ebooks in recent years.
Reading
ebooks and listening to
audiobooks can be done with ease in this situation, but taking into consideration different scenarios where a seat is unavailable
on a public transportation, or where your hands
and eyes are occupied while you're driving, both
ebooks and audiobooks can play different beneficial roles.
Publishing expert, Jane Friedman also asks whether
ebook buyers are migrating to
audiobooks (where sales are
on the increase)
and whether the more voracious readers have opted for unlimited subscription models.
The book exists as a printed book (now print -
on - demand),
and as an
ebook,
and as an
audiobook (A lot folks will «read» books if they can listen while commuting).
Maria Cipriano is in charge of adult
eBook purchasing
and curating
and gave her thoughts
on how she approaches
audiobook and e-book curation to serve the needs of the community.
One of our most successful initiatives has been to feature a single
eBook and a single
audiobook on our OverDrive landing page under the heading «TPL Staff Picks».