Sentences with phrase «ebook lending at»

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

Not exact matches

Libraries can «lend» ebooks a fixed number of times before they have to buy them again, usually at significant markup, and many proprietary, cumbersome systems exist that require a specific e-reader.

While the first library to offer ebook lending in Japan did so as far back as 2007, it seems that the mistakes US libraries and Japanese libraries made at the onset went hand in hand.

3M's Library System loves to show up at a packed conference and show off something new and innovative for the world of library ebook lending, such as at last year's ALA Conference when all the buzz was about the dedicated e-reader designed specifically to be checked out from local public libraries.

They like to tout that Overdrive CEO Steve Potash testified at the House of Commons in favor of eBook lending in October 2012.

The Sieghart Review said publishers should not limit the supply of e-books in the same way that physical book loans are controlled, including the lending of each digital copy to one reader at a time, securely removing eBooks after lending and having digital books «deteriorate after a number of loans».

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched with Library Journal that will offer libraries a way to feel confident about including self - published ebooks in their lending catalogs.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.

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.

Some book publishers, fearful that library ebook lending will cannibalize retail sales of books, are reluctant to supply ebooks to libraries at the very time that library patrons are clamoring for greater access to such materials.

Any ability to lend your ebook to family or friends is severely limited at the whim of the DRM owner.

At the conclusion of the 14 - days, the lent eBook is back on the purchaser's bookshelf and fully accessible again.

It was a little clunky at first to do library lending because the libraries were a little sketchy on their educational programs, but since then I've seen library websites with much easier info on how to download ebooks.

Their decision to withhold library ebook sales, at least until per - lend prices rise to close to sale prices, is entirely rational.

The plan is to reverse some of the long - held misconceptions that ebook lending could lead to increased piracy and decreased sales, a belief that has already been demonstrated to be false by Kobo at Digital Book World back in 2012 when Michael Tamblyn presented sales data for Suzanne Collins» Hunger Games trilogy.

Due to the importance of the topic at hand, namely, reforming the way publishers and libraries work together on ebook lending, Coates has made his notes available to the media in order to understand the sweeping calls he is making for both sides.

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.

Libraries are paying a premium for those titles they can get as ebooks, close to $ 30 for a Random House new release, and have accepted limits in lending such as only 26 check outs for each purchased Harper Collins book, and one person having it checked out at a time.

Smashwords, who sells author content as well as distributes that content to major retailers of authors» choice, gives authors the option to sell their ebooks through Smashwords at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple, Flipkart, and a few other retailers, as well as to distribute their work for lending to OverDrive, Oyster, and Scribd.

Publishers have imposed boycotts on ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending catalogs, all of which have all left libraries at odds with the publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for their patrons.

To use the device at participating libraries, patrons can browse the 3M Cloud Library collection and check out an eBook from any computer in the library, then visit the appropriate lending desk to have the title loaded onto a NOOK GlowLight.

In addition, the cloudLibrary ™ digital platform powers eBook and eAudiobook lending at a further 3,000 libraries.

Note there are already at least 3 New Zealand Public Libraries lending Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks.

This week, OverDrive is meeting with major international and domestic publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair — arguably the largest publishing industry event of its kind — to unveil its «Want It Now» (WIN) catalog for ebook - lending.

Over 62 % of readers in the USA didn't know if their library had ebooks for lending, and only 12 % of Americans 16 and older who read e-books had borrowed at least one from a library in the past year.

And the publishers have been the culprit, at least in the eyes of the industry, for so long that it's a great benefit to see them working so closely with an ebook lending service.

Recently at Good e-Reader we wrote an article on the future of eBook piracy and how eBook lending clubs will facilitate their demise.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers of reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

While other major publishers have been adopters of ebook lending on some scale, Potash's admiration was for a publisher to look at the very clear data on how lending actually supports authors and publishers, and make a strong decision to support it.

But at the American Library Association annual conference (ALA 2011) this week, HarperCollins was a willing participant in open discussions with the ALA task force business meeting and will even be contributing a publisher's perspective on the ALA task force's FAQ site on ebook lending and licensing.

I always allow my ebooks to be lent, and they are available at Scribd and for Overdrive (the library lending service) as well.

One of the benefits to the subscriber libraries that comes from using a subscription model, at least at the onset of ebook lending, is it allows them to track patron usage, user interest, and overall lending data so that they can do a better job of applying their budgets to digital content.

Amazon Prime members will have tons of ebooks at their disposal along with added benefits of free books and flexible lending terms.

When Kobo released the Vox tablet, many of our sources at Kobo told us they were close to releasing their ebook lending program.

Excerpt from the Smashwords press release Adan just mentionned (http://blog.smashwords.com/2014/05/smashwords-and-overdrive-to-bring.html): «Per our agreement with OverDrive, libraries will lend purchased ebooks under the one copy / one user model, meaning each copy they purchase can be checked to only one reader at a time.»

We have a community of 16,000 + users at http://www.BookLending.com who are leveraging Kindle's book lending feature (ebook «owners» can lend a book one time only for 14 days) to create a crowdsourced lending library of sorts.

Recently at Good e-Reader we wrote an excellent article on the ramifications of eBook lending affecting eBook piracy.

And yet at times, the library market has been a relatively contentious place for the lending of ebooks.

Finally, LaRue freely admits that this disclosure of the pricing is a necessary step towards getting the publishers to at least work with libraries on ebook lending.

With the wealth of ebooks titles available and an increase in the use of digital indie publishing platforms which enable authors to post their own works as ebooks, more and more readers are turning to ebook lending libraries and websites for content, especially in recent months when best - selling titles have often been marketed at a very similar price point to their print counterparts.

His 2013 government funded report said that libraries should not limit the supply of e-books in the same way that physical book loans are controlled, including the lending of each digital copy to one reader at a time, securely removing eBooks after lending and having digital books «deteriorate after a number of loans».

Admittedly, Raphael had some good things to say about how the publishers are at least willing to listen to the concerns coming from the public libraries and are even interested in continuing the dialog to resolve their own concerns, fears that Raphael even says are not just lip service or an effort to not cooperate with ebook lending.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers to reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

Emmy Award - winning actress Julie Bowen, a star of ABC's comedy Modern Family, has lent her voice talent to the narration of an enhanced ebook aimed at educating readers on the dangers of deadly food allergies, especially in public schools.

At the recent American Library Association conference in the Anaheim, California, the current state of ebook lending for public and academic libraries was a dark undercurrent throughout the multi-day event.

At the 2011 American Library Association Conference going on now in New Orleans, participants eagerly awaited the demonstrations on new launches of two key players in ebook lending, OverDrive and 3M Library Systems.

In its library trials, Penguin allows an ebook to be lent to only one person at a time, and after a year the library has to buy a new copy of the ebook.

This new addition to search shows a list of local libraries with the ebook available for lending, and you have the option to edit location to check the availability at libraries near you.

Plus, they want an exclusive from self - published authors, but not for people like J.A. Konrath (his «Exposed» is available for lending on Amazon, and sold as an ebook at Barnes and Noble).