When you think about checking out
ebooks from public libraries for free, OverDrive is the first company that comes to mind.
Not exact matches
From the OverDrive ebook section of your public library, you can choose to view «Additional Titles to Recommend» from the search results page after running a search or from the different lists for categories and secti
From the OverDrive
ebook section of your
public library, you can choose to view «Additional Titles to Recommend»
from the search results page after running a search or from the different lists for categories and secti
from the search results page after running a search or
from the different lists for categories and secti
from the different lists
for categories and sections.
You can also borrow audiobooks
from public libraries for free with a
library card, much like
ebooks.
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.
Three
public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty - five individual
libraries, became the most recent of the eighty
library systems across the country to benefit
from 3M Cloud
Library eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their pat
eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing
ebook lending for their pat
ebook lending
for their patrons.
One of the polarizing issues in the U.S.
ebook market right now is the conflict over
public library access to
ebook titles
for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson
from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford access to new and bestselling
ebook titles to
library patrons in Spain.
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.
We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app
for eBooks and audiobooks
from public libraries and schools.
The main purpose of our new report, «
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
Ebook Licensing Guide
for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting
from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000
ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers
from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
The number of
ebooks borrowed
from public libraries has risen due to the numbers of e-readers and tablets that customers bought
for the holidays.
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.
Some local
public libraries throughout the country have rules barring self - published authors
from having speaking or signing engagements inside
for fear of having to open that opportunity to everyone with an
ebook.
«This upgrade opens the door to a whole host of paid and free content
from third - party
eBook stores, web sites and even
public libraries,» said Steve Haber, senior vice president of consumer product marketing
for Sony Electronics in Sony's statement issued earlier today.
The software between the two models is identical as well, with one exception: the Kobo Aura One supports OverDrive directly so you can download
library ebooks for free
from public libraries through the Kobo store.
OverDrive — The OverDrive app lets you borrow
ebooks, audiobooks, and videos
from public libraries for free.
OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of
ebooks for public and school
libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000
libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled
from OverDrive's catalog, claiming that it had «security concerns.»
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.
Borrow
eBooks from many
public libraries for use with Digital Editions.
3M Cloud
Library — The 3M Cloud
Library allows you to borrow and read
eBooks and eAudiobooks
from your local
public library for free.
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.
One of our favorite sources
for free
eBooks, the
public library, is now accessible
from the Kindle Touch 3G.
I can't borrow an
ebook from the Providence
Public Library because I don't qualify
for a
library card
from there.
Who needs to engage in the fruitless frustration of trying to borrow
ebooks from a
public library when there is such a variety of free titles available, and many more
for $ 2.99 or less?
You can borrow and store up to 6,000
eBooks directly
from your
public library which is ideal
for anyone who wants to try and tick off some novels
from their must - read list.
One of the things that I have written about before and that has limited my Apple iPad
from being the the ultimate
ebook reader has been the lack of support
for public library ebooks and those purchased
from other
ebook stores without dedicated applications, like the Sony eBookstore.
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
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Back in June OverDrive released a new app called Libby
for borrowing
ebooks and audiobooks
from public libraries for free.
As outlined in the DCWG report «
Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries» (PDF file), libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for librar
Ebook Business Models
for Public Libraries» (PDF file), libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for li
Libraries» (PDF file),
libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for li
libraries benefit
from business models that include access to all
ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for librar
ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on
ebook contract variables for librar
ebook contract variables
for librarieslibraries).
Like the Kindle Fire, the Nook Tablet supports
library lending so you can borrow
eBooks from your local
public library for free.
This is the most popular «standard»
for the online distribution of
ebooks, which means you can borrow books
from public libraries.
If you like to read
eBooks from your
public library on your iPad, Bluefire Reader is the app
for you.
This week we chat with two leaders
from GALE Cengage Learning — Cynthia Sanner (far left), Publisher, General Reference and International, Cengage Learning and Erin Sullivan (left), Product Manager II, Gale Virtual Reference Library, about
libraries, ebooks and Cengage Learning's innovative publishing programs for Public, K - 12, and Academic L
libraries,
ebooks and Cengage Learning's innovative publishing programs
for Public, K - 12, and Academic
LibrariesLibraries.
When dealing with the
public library market, the biggest challenge
for EBSCO is diversification into popular content, particularly
from the Big Six publishers (only two of which actually make their new
ebooks available to
public libraries).
Ebooks costs
for libraries are notoriously higher than consumer prices (such that a bestseller
from Random House sells to
public libraries for $ 84).
Full versions of this report are available
for purchase, focused on
public, academic, or school
libraries and complete with detailed data broken down by size of
library and budget, comparison of 2011 and 2010 data, and hundreds of comments
from librarians about their experiences with
ebooks:
To keep up with rising demand,
library spending on
ebooks grew at a compound annual growth rate of 38 %
for the past four years,
from $ 30 million in 2009 — according to a
Public Libraries Survey conducted by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS)-- to more than $ 110 million in 2013 — according to a 2013 estimate
from the Primary Research Group's report on
library use of
ebooks.
It has the highest waterproof level among e-readers (IPX8) and has a built - in solution
for borrowing
ebooks from public libraries.
Kindle Unlimited is, in fact, hardly different
from the
public library ebook loan system which is available
for free through installing the OverDrive app.