Sentences with phrase «ebook lending»

Even more upsetting due to its reach and impact was the early state of library ebook lending.

While the struggle for a satisfactory condition continues in the world of ebook lending for public libraries, some companies are still managing to make progress with digital catalogs.

Let's talk about a concept that keeps coming up in the conversation about ebook lending in libraries.

The dominant model for ebook lending never really worked.

There are lots of questions on how ebook lending services work.

For the first time, all the largest publishers are engaged on ebook lending with libraries.

And ebook lending from libraries is starting to become a «thing».

The new website offers some innovative features not found in many of the other ebook lending sites.

The rules and opportunities are different with ebooks, and, indeed, we are now seeing for - profit companies providing ebook lending services.

By demonstrating how ebook lending can work through this site, he hopes that publishers and libraries can put to rest some of the concerns that both sides have on the issue.

Just when it seems that libraries and publishers are finally coming to terms on how to make ebook lending feasible, another blow is struck to the libraries and patrons.

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

While ebook lending issues still cast a long shadow over digital publishing, more and more companies are developing their own tools to help academic and public libraries meet customer demand for ebooks.

What we don't need is publishers telling us that library ebook lending needs more of this so - called «friction» than it already has.

Once ebook lending became a more streamlined concept, the practical process of borrowing ebooks still wasn't fully seamless.

The wait times and lack of selection have kept me from taking advantage of ebook lending at my library.

Libraries are being marginalized by the shift to ebooks because their existing infrastructure doesn't enable ebook lending.

Unfortunately, library closures, decreased funding, and limited ebook lending options are making libraries obsolete.

This affirmation came directly from one of the Big Six publishers that has been criticized for its business practices concerning ebook lending of its titles.

Some of the items mentioned specifically in the report involve the access to ebooks for consumers, especially in public libraries that currently do not have ebook lending capabilities.

This made big news on the internet and behind closed doors many other ebook lending companies were shaking in their boots.

Now, the government is looking into mandated ebook lending and the creation of virtual libraries.

Most will not be able to afford a serious ebook lending programme without painful cuts to other services.

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

There are added benefits to libraries adopting a country - wide ebook lending strategy.

It indicated ebook lending had a positive impact on book sales.

I thought that ebook lending in libraries would increase and according to an informal survey of librarians I know, this is a big growth area for libraries.

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

This agreement will make more than 5,000 technical, medical, and professional titles available for ebook lending; more than 700 of these titles are recently published works.

As it stands now, pricing is making it almost impossible for libraries to fully support ebook lending.

Given the pricing I simply choose not to buy and instead look for cheaper alternatives and ebook lending at the local library.

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

While only a few words were devoted to the topic, one very important statistic concerning ebook lending was mentioned.

Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in ebook lending programs.

First, there has been very little mention of how this has affected ebook lending platforms such as 3M, who currently is not compatible with Kindle.

Publisher's Weekly caught up with American Library Association president Molly Raphael at the recent Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia to find out the latest state of affairs over ebook lending from public libraries.

3M was showing a new cloud based ebook lending system that will be running in conjunction with Txtr.

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

Overdrive is the leading company that facilitates the digital eBook lending process from your public libraries.

If either of these things happen, limiting ebook lending by libraries severely, and if Overdrive were to add library book lending in Kindle DRM format, then Amazon would add library book support in a heartbeat.

A new deal between LexisNexis Legal & Professional and ALM puts more than 250 treatises published by ALM on the LexisNexis Digital Library, a service that provides law libraries with ebook lending capabilities for more than 3,000 titles.

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

Today, 3M once again didn't fail to impress at the ALA Midwinter Conference when it gave out details about its cloud - based ebook lending program.

The one problem with most eBook lending websites is that there is only a few copies of the most popular books, at any given time.

Sadly, it looks like Amazon may be the one to do it with their Kindle ebook lending program.

It is not only a tagline to add separation between Overdrive and other companies facilitating digital ebook lending through libraries, but a movement.

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».