Sentences with phrase «ebook license»

The publisher has imposed a 26 loan limit on ebooks licensed to libraries, at that point the license will expire and a new license will have to be purchased to enable further loans.

So, honestly, why should it matter that a «single eBook license to a library may never expire, never wear out, and never need replacement»?

Other pilot terms are expected to continue, including a one - year expiration date on ebooks licensed to libraries and library pricing similar to what is offered to individual consumers.

Penguin Random House today announced a new unified, companywide terms of sale (TOS) policy for ebook licenses sold to public, school, and other libraries working with approved ebook vendors in the United States and Canada.

In a sidebar, librarian and attorney Mary Minow and librarian Angeline Nalepa of South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois, offer some cautionary advice about signing (or not signing) nondisclosure agreements that come with ebook licenses.

HC announced on 2/25/11 that new titles of ebooks licensed by public libraries could only be checked out 26 times before the license would expire.

Right now Storia is only available for USA customers because of ebook licensing agreements.

«We developed the «Scorecard» to ensure that librarians have the information they need to better negotiate ebook licensing agreements with publishers,» said Erika Linke, co-chair of the DCWG's business models subgroup.

Additional advancements like those advocated for by ReadersFirst, including library card signup and catalog integration of all e-content, and continued improvements to ebook licensing terms could further library ebook adoption in the future.

The Business Model Scorecard is a new a report that examines specific variables often seen in library ebook license contracts.

«Libraries will be pleased that the combined Penguin Random House license will ensure perpetual access to e-titles, and all will... Continue reading ALA Responds to Penguin Random House Ebook Licensing Announcement →

Some DRM ebook licenses will then be incompatible with mobile devices.

Also in the discussions was the policy on ebook licensing rights that allow libraries to retain ownership after purchasing a digital title for their catalogs through 3M, even if opting to select a competitor for ebooks later on.

While it is possible to construct perpetual license agreements that make provision for digital preservation and to develop communitywide preservation mechanisms (as has been done with scholarly journals, where research libraries are usually the dominant part of the marketplace), we are far away from seeing such enabling terms and conditions in mass - market ebook licenses.

These agreements dictate the basic terms of access, such as the HarperCollins limit of 26 loans per ebook license.

This loosens the limitations of interlibrary loan — a primary library service that is excluded in most ebook license agreements.

And anyway, if the publisher demands that ebook licenses expire after 26 or 52 checkouts, then each checkout does effectively cost the library money because it brings them that much closer to having to buy a new license.

As a result, the door is left wide open for the retailer to come back and wipe them out... This is why I believe we need to shift our industry thinking from ebook licensing to ebook ownership.

In the Plenary today, Christine shared that there are eBook license templates and resources available!

«School libraries, I believe, will be the coming focal point for ebook licensing,» write Chris Harris.

March 2011 HarperCollins restricts library ebook lending, limiting library ebook licenses to 26 loans.

For clarification - there are 9 regional library boards in Nova Scotia; only one board, the South Shore Public Libraries board, is boycotting Random House ebook licenses.

Other pilot terms are expected to continue, including a one - year expiration date on ebooks licensed to libraries and library... Continue reading Penguin Revisits Library Pilot Terms →

Again in their FAQ, they state: «Ultimately, by opening up the ebook licensing restrictions that publishers currently impose, we'll be able to make ebooks available to an expanded number of markets.

«There is a better counterargument that the eBook license does not allow for the establishment of the material in question to be library material in any form; basically, it is and never will be library material.»

The problem with the ebook licenses is they try to impose additional restrictions on the reader (usually via DRM) that go way beyond those imposed by the normal copyright law that applies to print books.

I enjoy the ease of purchasing an eBook license, even though I do think I should be buying the * eBook * not a * users license * for it.

By proposing that the print purchase grants an ebook license I will be vilified as devaluing the ebook by those seeking to establish profit margins and equally vilified by those who want free or extremely inexpensive ebooks as they will be horrified that they would have to spend on print to get to ebooks.

If the current status quo (Kindle in the lead and Nook and Sony Reader eating up most of the rest of the market) continues then we will see rival eReader companies try to use an exchange system («ebook ownership for life») to beat locked - in formats («ebook license for one device / platform»).

The publisher has imposed a 26 loan limit on ebooks licensed to libraries, at that...

In fact, until 3 or 4 years ago there were basically no fonts with an ebook license.

Adobe encrypts the fonts in ebooks exported from InDesign, so ebook licenses have gotten a lot cheaper.

So, the ebook license assumes that you are giving each reader a copy of your fonts.

At the time, Penguin spokesperson Erica Glass released a statement to the press citing security concerns, and by February 2012, the publisher had temporarily stopped all ebook licensing to libraries.

In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with a platform that will allow publishers to set their ebook licensing terms for libraries on a title - by - title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.

We are told this is in the spirit of the eBook license and that it is common practice.

Check out your ebook licenses; if you think you own the ebooks that you paid for, think again.

It began with a February 24 email (PDF file) from OverDrive CEO Steve Potash alerting customers that «Publishers are expressing concern and debating their digital future where a single eBook license to a library may never expire, never wear out, and never need replacement» and that one firm (which turned out to be HarperCollins) had decided to solve the problem it perceived by establishing «a checkout limit for each eBook licensed.»

If an organization buys an eBook licensed by their Library or Information Centre (IC), who is permitted to use it and where?