Gardners also provides
an eBook lending model for a number of libraries, under which library members are restricted to one concurrent loan per purchased eBook.Gardners Books makes your eBook available in ePub format, so it will be readable on any ePub - compatible device (iPad, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader, etc.) With Gardners» wholesale pricing structure, you will earn 60 % of the list price you set for your eBook.
As US publishers and libraries still struggle to create a mutually beneficial yet fluid
ebook lending model, Swedish company Atingo thinks they have the solution, one that has worked in several thousands public and school libraries in both Sweden and the UK.
All of this expansion serves to help libraries worldwide in their efforts to bring current digital content to their patrons, furthering the climate of digital publishing by enabling
an ebook lending model that meets the publishers» and the consumers» needs.
Anna De Souza had this to say about her company's position on what transpired and how it might effect the future of
the ebook lending model.
In a statement today the company said, «We have been working hard to develop
an ebook lending model that works for all parties, as we value the libraries and the role they play in the reading community.
Bilbary, founded by former Waterstones CEO Tim Coates, was developed to bridge the divide that currently exists between publishers and libraries, as well as to offer an alternative to the current
ebook lending model.
Gardners also provides
an ebook lending model for a number of libraries, under which library members are restricted to one concurrent loan per purchased ebook.
When asked to rate several
ebook lending models — including hypothetical lending models, models that are currently in use, and models that employ embargo periods — a majority of respondents ranked only one as «reasonable.»
Patrons were almost evenly split on their opinion of one of the most common
ebook lending models — the one book, one user model.
Not exact matches
Refusal to simplify pricing
models, and refusal to inter-operate among e-readers and
lending systems, means that libraries will simply opt out of
ebook adoption entirely — something they can't afford to do if they're going to stay relevant in the future.
She took a moment out of her busy schedule to discuss the evolutionary growth of
ebooks in the library, how the discovery of content is a top priority, what it took to talk Simon & Schuster and Penguin into joining the library
lending model, and how libraries are selling
ebooks.
The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of
eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable
model.
Interestingly, the image only alludes to 600,000 titles available in the Amazon catalog, not the full
ebook catalog, which could mean that Amazon would have the same problem with acquiring content for
lending that has plagued the
ebook subscription
model since it first became news back in 2010.
According to the February 10 post in Publisher's Lunch, forcing patrons to come into the library to borrow
ebooks is also the appropriate
model for
ebook lending.
Publishers need to move to a pay - per - use
model in
eBook lending.
When Coates spoke to GoodeReader in February about this
lending model, those titles were reported to be coming from all of the Big Six publishers, something that public libraries have not been able to achieve for
ebook lending.
As public libraries tried to shift their operation
models to meet more people's needs and began installing computer labs, television viewing areas, audiobook listening rooms, and more, as well as spending their time and battling the issue of
ebook lending, Coates explained that the money for actual borrowable books began to dwindle away.
Hachette Book Group
eBooks will follow a one - copy / one - user
lending model, and there will be no checkout or term limit for the titles on the OverDrive platform.
While hybris does not limit itself to the promotion of
ebook content, adapting its
model to the needs of all kinds of digital content providers, hybris does allow for a much more personalized product from the end to the user,
lending itself well to the needs of
ebook development.
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.
The Enki platform is designed to host and
lend library - managed
ebooks using the Douglas County
model.
ALA's most specific request was to expand the options for library
ebook lending business
models to give libraries more choice.
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.»
ODILO's easy - to - use
eBook platform, quality content, and flexible
lending models (One - Copy / One - User, Pay - per - Use, Simultaneous, and Subscription) help schools and libraries better serve their students, educators, and families.
Denver, CO, January 12, 2017 — ODILO, a global leader in the
eBook industry, reports an increased interest in the different
lending models they offer, especially with their innovative Pay - per - Use (PpU), also known as pay - per - checkout.
I don't see it quite happening in the UK yet, but will look further into what you are doing to bring
eBook lending into a rational
model (while protecting the financial well - being of authors and publishers).
The goal was to establish real - time, real - world research into the impact of
eBook lending in public libraries to placate authors, publishers and find a sustainable
model.
The company explains that by some
models, publishers can charge libraries for
lending an
ebook to an individual either since the time of the borrowing or since the reader actually picks up the book and reads it.
As it succeeds, as I am sure it will, it will expand its titles and supported devices and, if it can develop a sane remittance
model for the publishers, it could well take command of the
eBook lending landscape.
The
model is self regulatory:
ebook lending can't «hurt sales» since the publisher is free to manipulate prices for library circulation on each individual title.
The dominant
model for
ebook lending never really worked.
The Swedish
model for
ebook lending is different and it has set the stage for cooperation rather than antagonism.
Where the dominant paradigm sees
ebooks as a commodity, the Swedish
model treats
ebook lending as a service and this has proved central to dismantling the antagonism between publishers and libraries.
Ingram MyiLibrary is offering a new credits - based «Access Purchase
Model» for
ebook lending that it promises will be equitable to both publishers and clients alike.
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.
But he also said that it is important to appreciate that all the Big Six are trying to get a grasp on a difficult business
model, noting that Simon & Schuster makes all of its best - selling audiobooks available to
lend even if it does not make
ebook titles available.
Penguin thus joins Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette among the Big Six publishers in search of an
ebook library
lending model.