Sentences with phrase «ebooks from the library with»

Formerly the BlackBerry app only worked with audiobooks and now that it supports library ebooks as well, that makes four different mobile platforms you can get free ebooks from libraries with — Android, iPad / iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry — plus desktop computers of course.

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It's just that if I started down the road of screaming about how the publishers have confused allowing people to borrow ebooks from the library with potential piracy, I might never stop.

If you haven't borrowed ebooks or audiobooks from the library before, here's the complete guide for getting ebooks from libraries with OverDrive.

Not exact matches

Based on borrowers from all 37 Libraries the list includes the top 3 most popular and most requested book titles along with the top downloaded eBook titles.

You can also borrow audiobooks from public libraries for free with a library card, much like ebooks.

eBook lending to public libraries just went international with the first country to benefit from the 3M Cloud Library System.

«eBooks is one of our strongest growth areas with high demand from libraries and their patrons and we will continue to make a significant investment to assemble a deep offering of titles for the libraries we serve.»

The premise the new program is a hardcore marketing campaign with posters, videos, postcards and promotional materials to build awareness to the public on the fact they can borrow eBooks from the library and the limitations facing them.

While Smashwords has been the powerhouse pioneer for indie authors in its agreement with OverDrive to allow libraries to access the Smashwords catalog, there is still a stigma in place that blocks libraries from seeing this catalog as a viable option for ebook content.

It is not a surprise that the availability of eBooks from African libraries is limited largely to university collections with an emphasis on streamed scholarly publishing content originating outside the continent.

If you borrow an audiobook or eBook from your local library, chances are you are dealing with Overdrive.

In early 2013, Macmillan started a public library pilot program with a select group of backlist ebooks from its Minotaur Books mystery and crime fiction imprint.

Sometimes we get spoiled in North America with the sheer of amount of options available to borrow eBooks from the library.

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.

But with survey data from as recently as 2012 indicating that the majority of library patrons in the US didn't even know their public libraries could lend ebooks, despite the current numbers that 90 % of American libraries offer digital lending, there's an obvious disconnect between the services offered and patron adoption.

3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership with Smashwords that puts the ebook distributor's titles in the catalog for libraries to choose from.

According to Library Journal's «2013 Report on E-Books in Public Libraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a coLibraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a colibraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a consortium.

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.

Whatever the real number clearly Amazon remains the leading ebook vendor and its continuing refusal to support library lending locks libraries out of the most popular format from the vendor with the best title selection and the lowest prices.

This thing talks to Adobe DRM, and will go out and yoink down ebooks for you from any library websites that are compatible with the app.

According to the recent report in American Libraries, when ALA President Molly Raphael met with the Big 6 publishers in New York recently, many of the executives from those publishers were laboring under the mistaken belief libraries loaned ebooks to anyone who happened to click through their Libraries, when ALA President Molly Raphael met with the Big 6 publishers in New York recently, many of the executives from those publishers were laboring under the mistaken belief libraries loaned ebooks to anyone who happened to click through their libraries loaned ebooks to anyone who happened to click through their websites.

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 moEbook 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 moebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

Now, in order to be able to check out books from an ebook - capable library, you will of course need an account with that library.

The one thing Sony does with their latest generation e-Readers is make borrowing eBooks from libraries as simple as possible.

From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.

When the Big Six publishers pulled their ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.

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.

With Capti, one can add any eBook, document, or a webpage to a playlist — a personal audio book library, and then listen to them on the go or at leisure, switch between devices and continue from where one left off.

In the same survey, 38 % of students from other countries did not know that their local libraries loaned ebooks, compared with only six percent in the UK, lending a lot of weight to Sayar's assessment that UK students just may be more familiar with where and how to access digital titles.

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.

Meet Libby, a new app built with heart for readers to discover and enjoy eBooks and audiobooks from your library.

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.

The app supports ePub and PDF, including books with Adobe DRM, and it works with ebooks from public libraries.

Getting Started With Adobe Digital Editions Adobe Digital Editions is a free software that allows you to add eBooks from online stores and libraries that are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM).

Located in California, the library system established a partnership with Smashwords that will let the libraries» patrons check out ebooks from a catalog of 10,000 digital titles in Smashwords» platform on a one - at - a-time basis.

This new partnership mainly effects borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from libraries equipped with Axis 360.

«With this program, a portion of the profits from an eBook sale will be donated to the library,» said Matt Tempelis, Global Business Manager for 3M Library Systems.

Libraries that do business with EBSCO will be able to select from 21,000 fiction and nonfiction ebook titles.

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

One of the unique features with the Kobo Aura One is its ability to search for and download library ebooks directly from the Kobo store for free.

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.

Storia offers both school - wide and classroom subscriptions to eBook libraries, with unlimited and simultaneous access from most devices with an internet connection.

eBooks borrowed from most public libraries can be read with ADE.

August 2009: Sony links with libraries via the Overdrive digital network to enable people to borrow eBooks from libraries.

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.»

«There has been a strong eBook demand from library patrons and as we break new ground in mobile access and patron reach across North America, we will continue to advance our best - of - breed technology, while transforming the library experience with mobile access to the latest movies, TV shows, documentaries, educational videos and now eBooks,» said Jankowski.

In the same year, eBooks could be borrowed from libraries through a link that was created by Sony with the help of Overdrive Digital Network.

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.