Sentences with phrase «ebooks from my library using»

Last October, I stopped using BN because of this policy / technical change where I can no longer download ebooks from my library using MY encryption key to a technology neutral platform.

It won't recognize the reader when I want to transfer an ebook from the library using overdrive media.

Not exact matches

Baker & Taylor, the world's largest distributor of digital and physical books and entertainment products, announced today that through a pilot program it will now be able to make available more than 450 popular ebook titles from Simon & Schuster imprints to classrooms and school libraries using the Axis 360 digital... [Read more...]

Individual library data is indicative of strong growth in eBook availability and use Montreal Public Library downloads grew from 9,559 in 2012 to 31,708 in 2013 (+232 %) Quebec City Public Library downloads grew from 27,417 in 2012 to 69,951 in 2013 (+155 %).

From licensing agreements over how many ebook checkouts a single library can use to how to put audio content on patrons» personal devices, the options have been not only limited, they've been somewhat cost prohibitive.

This is primarily why if you borrow a digital title from the library or buy an eBook online, you need to use Adobe Digital Editions to load it on your e-reader.

The survey also found that dedicated ebook reading devices — including Kindle, Sony Reader and Nook — were the devices most used to read ebooks from the library (84 %).

In terms of ebooks, Kobo was the first company to allow you to borrow and read directly from the public library, as long as they used Overdrive.

Readers who purchase a print edition will be able to download their ebook edition from Verso's online library for use on any device.

Residents at Bexar County will be able to access the eBooks from their own device, using their library card and the 3M Cloud Library app.

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.

Patrons can borrow a digital book from their local libraries (as long as its an Overdrive supported one) or they can buy eBooks (from a company using Overdrives WhiteLabel Bookstore system).

Calibre's features include: library management; format conversion (all major ebook formats); syncing to e-book reader devices; fetching news from the Web and converting it into ebook form; viewing many different e-book formats; giving you access to your book collection over the internet using just a browser.

ReadersFirst doesn't sanction or promote any device; however, since many library eBook readers use Kindles (and often not the newest version), we thought we'd share this news from Amazon, mostly so that our member librarians know and can be ready to answer trouble - shooting questions from patrons at library desks and help lines.

The new fonts are really nice, so is the direct library downloads, and the Wi - Fi is good for getting ebooks and using the browser, which can download ebooks too, even from Kobo, as I just found out.

You can browse the books from the bookstores through the inbuilt browser and download them directly, and if you use your Dropbox to store your ebooks, you can access them directly through this app and import them to your library.

Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video from your library using OverDrive on your device.

This study highlights the continuing need to improve the library eBook experience, not only from apps but from our catalogs, using APIs to provide as few clicks and the most direct experience from the library's site as possible, so that all our readers can get content as easily as possible.

Here, let me summarize a report (from January 25, 2013) from the Digital Content & Libraries Working Group (DCWG) that discusses the 15 items in The Ebook Business Model Scorebook used to create library licensing agreements or contracts.

3M will donate a portion of each book sale to the library for use in purchasing additional eBooks from the 3M Cloud Library.

Many people use Overdrive to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from their own public library.

This software is also required for people who borrow eBooks from the library and aren't using an official app from 3M, Baker & Taylor or Overdrive.

I enjoy using both mediums and own an ebook reader that I use on a weekly basis (Kobo Aura One allows me to borrow from the library directly from the reader while I am working abroad, how awesome is that?)

cloudLibrary (formerly 3M Cloud Library) is the easiest to use so it is my preference for ebooks and audiobooks from my library.

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.

OverDrive Support: All Kobo ereaders support OverDrive for getting free ebooks from public libraries, but only the Kobo Aura One has onboard support to download the books directly from the Kobo store; all other Kobo's require sideloading the ebooks using a computer.

For those who might not know, a recap: Adobe Digital Editions is widely used software in the ebook trade for both library and commercial ebook transactions to authenticate legitimate library users, apply DRM to encrypt ebook files, and in general facilitate the ebook circulation process — such as deleting an ebook from a device after the loan... Continue reading After Privacy Glitch, the Ball Is Now in Our Court →

Or, if you're planning to borrow ebooks from the library, check your local branch to see what format is in use, and then make sure the reader you want supports it.

Borrow eBooks from many public libraries for use with Digital Editions.

You can get ebooks from a wide range of ebook stores and even get free ebooks from local libraries using a service called Overdrive.

If a patron used the EAF app to download ebooks from our catalog, tries five titles, and can't get through any of them because they aren't good, that patron will stop borrowing our titles because they no longer trust us, and libraries will stop buying our catalog.

Another really cool addition is integration with Overdrive to download ebooks for free from public libraries directly without having to use a computer and Adobe Digital Editions.

With this feature, you can access your ebook library from anywhere since it is synced automatically with the devices that you use.

You can use Bluefire to read DRM encrypted ebooks from other bookstores or, potentially, libraries, many of which use the Adobe DRM system to expire ebooks at the end of their loan period.

They don't want to give any reader, including the library patron, another reason to use a Kindle, because no one borrows a Kindle ebook from a library — or even from OverDrive.

There are a lot of companies that are doing big, positive things and Libraries can use that and embrace eBooks and stay away from the new breed of middle - men who'll suck them dry.

Previously if you wanted to get ebooks from your library you had to download everything to a computer and then sideload the files using Adobe Digital Editions and a USB cable — rather inconvenient for a wireless device.

I could use it for ebooks from the library, if I was willing to jump through some hoops (that process was fairly teeth - grinding the first time).

On the other hand, having become quite used to borrowing ebooks from my public library I was upset to find the ubiquitous library lending app Overdrive not supported here.

All of Kobo's ereaders support getting free ebooks from public libraries, but they require using a computer to download and transfer the ebook to the reader manually.

Its clean and simple interface has both a daytime and nighttime theme to match reading conditions to your environment and you can use the app to add your own ebooks (DRM - free epub), upload Microsoft Word documents, paste URLs to specific web pages or even enjoy a classic novel from the app's built - in library.

Borrowing ebooks for free from public libraries using OverDrive has always been a great way to legally read ebooks for free, and now thanks to a new partnership between Zinio and Recorded Books you can get digital copies of dozens of magazines for -LSB-...]

You'll have to sign out of your existing account on the Aura One and then login with your Overdrive credentials, and they you'll still only be able to choose one library to use on the Aura One, but you'll be able to sync ebooks from multiple libraries.

It's a horrible experience and many people turn away from using library eBooks at all because of it.

With the Sony you basically just used its web browser to search and download ebooks from your library's mobile website.

The only catch is you'll still only be able to use one library to browse for library ebooks from the Kobo store.

Currently Kobo ereaders require using a PC to download and transfer library ebooks from OverDrive using a USB cable and extra software.

If you borrow ebooks from multiple libraries you're not going to be able to use more than one of them at a time unless you sign out from one and sign into another.

The basic Kindle can also read PDFs and other document types, and you can use it to borrow ebooks from 11,000 libraries across the United States.

Most notably, ePub is used for ebook library loans, and is missing from the Kindle format line - up.