Sentences with phrase «ebooks for libraries»

Ebooks for libraries is a fractal problem.

Our goal was to open dialogue and push for greater access to ebooks for libraries.

Earlier in the year, HarperCollins had created a brouhaha in the library world by changing the acquisition terms of its ebooks for libraries from licensing to 26 circulations before an ebook would have to be purchased again.

I'd be interested in seeing an analysis author's payouts for KU vs the ebooks for libraries; my understanding is each ebook has a limited number of checkouts.

One of the advantages of ebooks for libraries, says Konrath is that, ``... unlike print, which wears out, an eBook is forever.

Earlier this year, eBooks for Libraries stared a petition drive asking publishers to make more ebooks available.

But through some initial experimentation and a bit of research, we've at least picked out a «soft range» for pricing eBooks for libraries.

In a September, 2013 article for Digital Shift, «SLJ's School Ebook Market Directory,» Matt Enis and Sarah Bayliss run down 22 options that school have for purchasing ebooks for their libraries.

eBooks for Libraries is a site run by a librarian and sponsored by Library Renewal and the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.

Earlier this year, eBooks for Libraries stared... [Read more...]

Expiring copies / expensive copies are not an «or» anymore, now ebooks for libraries are both expensive AND they expire.

Overdrive was the first company to offer all seven of the Harry Potter ebooks for library patrons to borrow digitally.

OverDrive offers the largest collection of EPUB3 and HTML5 eBooks for library lending; and,

The average eBook for a library to purchase is around $ 9.99, while an audio edition costs $ 29.99.

On Wednesday, I purchased a number of Random House ebooks for the library.

As Greenfield explains, availability of titles is one problem, related to the purchasing models that apply to ebooks for library use:

Not exact matches

Our industry - leading library distribution reaches OverDrive (world's largest library ebook platform serving 20,000 + libraries), Baker & Taylor Axis 360, Tolino, Gardners (Askews & Holts and Browns Books for Students), Bibliotheca CloudLibrary (3,000 public libraries) and Odilo (2,100 public libraries in North America, South America and Europe).

I first borrowed the ebook version of Gluten - Free Baking for the Holidays by Jeanne Sauvage, better known as gluten - free baker extraordinaire at Art of Gluten - Free Baking, last year from my library.

Whether you need to improve just one aspect of your game or if you're looking for a library of basketball tips and resources, these FREE eBooks have you covered.

«By providing free resources such as downloadable eBooks and music, WiFi, public computers, technology classes, materials and lessons for English - language learners, health fairs and programs for job seekers, libraries and librarians are transforming our community each and every day.»

Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries have more than 3 million materials available for borrowing including books, eBooks, DVDs, music and more.

Instead of asking you to signup for my weekly newsletter, I've created a free content library that includes 9 ebooks (more coming soon!)

I've collected an amazing library of practical tools, eBooks, eCourses, and coupons worth more than $ 1300 from the same experts to help support you on your thyroid journey that will be offered for a huge, birthday month discount, as part of the Thyroid Bundle.

I first borrowed the ebook version of Gluten - Free Baking for the Holidays by Jeanne Sauvage, better known as gluten - free baker extraordinaire at Art of Gluten - Free Baking, last year from my library.

24 % of school libraries loan out ebook readers; about 50 % of schools have a one - to - one policy, which means that each student has his or her own tablet / device for at least part of a school day.

All you need is a valid library card to check out Harry Potter ebooks and audiobooks for free.

One great thing about ebooks is that fact that many public libraries around the world support ebook lending for free.

When you think about checking out ebooks from public libraries for free, OverDrive is the first company that comes to mind.

Libraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electroLibraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electrolibraries will have to do without their titles in electronic form.

If a school library chooses several options for their ebook collection — let's say Kindles and Follett — students have to learn multiple systems and maintain multiple passwords.

Playster is a digital entertainment subscription service that includes ebooks, similar to Scribd, Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, and the now - defunct Oyster: for $ 9.95 a month, you can access what Playster advertises as a library of more than 250,000 «premium titles» — «the world's only truly unlimited ebook service» (source).

We have a long way to go for libraries to use ebooks meaningfully — which is likely imperative to their survival.

From the OverDrive ebook section of your public library, you can choose to view «Additional Titles to Recommend» from the search results page after running a search or from the different lists for categories and sections.

In other words, book publishers and distributors are jockeying for position in the school library ebook market and there are no clear winners.

I was very anti-eBooks, but have changed my tune as now I so prefer eBooks for ease and being able to carry my library with me.

You can also borrow audiobooks from public libraries for free with a library card, much like ebooks.

My post was about the high prices libraries pay for ebooks from the «Big 6» publishers and the difficulties libraries have getting books from most of those publishers.

We should be adding thousands of books, new and old, to the following libraries every single day for an entire month of July 4 to August 4, 2011 at our 6th annual World eBook Fair.

For instance, in March 2012, nearly 60 percent of readers browsed — defined as exploring the catalog without a targeted search term — public library ebook collections to discover new content.

For these more sophisticated eBooks, library users will, for discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library eBook is availabFor these more sophisticated eBooks, library users will, for discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library eBook is availabfor discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library eBook is available.

Writer's Craft Academy is a private membership site for aspiring authors, featuring a vast library with hours of training videos for authors; additional resources like ebooks, workbooks, and checklists; an exclusive members - only Facebook group; a monthly writer's craft book club; and weekly video conference group coaching sessions.

More and more public library offer up eBook downloads in the EPUB format, Naturally this is great news for the EPUB fans, but more importantly it's great for the general public at large.

The analogy does not hold for library PDF eBooks.

A new distribution service for library ebooks called OdiloPlace has just launched this month in the United States.

Take for instance, 76 % of public libraries surveyed said that ebooks have brought new users to the library.

Instead of selling ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity,... Read more >

OverDrive, a company that works with more than 13,000 libraries worldwide to bring library ebook and audiobooks to portable devices and computers, has updated their BlackBerry app to add support for EPUB library ebooks, just in time for the upcoming release of the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Ingram is a huge aggregator of books, ebooks, and other content for the retail market, and today I learned that they're entering the public library market as well.

The Digital Editions reader is a bare - bones, stripped - down version of Adobe's standard Reader product (eg, it has no collaboration features) and is operated with simple controls that are optimised for basic reading tasks such as page turning, scrolling, changing the size of typefaces, and organising ebooks into a «library» for easy storage and retrieval.

HarperCollins» US unit has just changed its long - standing ebook policy for library sales.