Sentences with phrase «ebooks licensed by»

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

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The eBook, «How to License or Sell Your Ideas; 7 Steps to License for Recurring Royalties or Sell for a Lump Sum» covers all the important topics step - by - step.

About 15 volunteers compile Creative Commons - licensed writings by popular bloggers into ebook format using Pressbooks.com, then publish them on the freetamilebooks.com site.

SEATTLE, Apr 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten - year license for North American rights to the entire list of James Bond books by Ian Fleming in print and ebook.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

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 consortium.

The Smashwords License Statement is an original creation of Smashwords, and it has been widely adopted by thousands of ebook authors and even some competitors.

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 thosLicensing 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 thoslicensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

Because many publishers still license ebook rights by territory the same as they've always licensed print rights.

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.

Circulation, preferably known as the number of times the same ebook may be loaned out during the duration of a license, is another key aspect to be taken into consideration by librarians and publishers.

An interesting idea I have seen around licensing ebooks is unglue.it, still in alpha, where libraries contribute money, Kickstarter style, to buy creative commons ebook rights by title (or group of titles).

The ebooks being borrowed by Amazon customers aren't the same ePUB files being licensed to libraries via Overdrive, they're Amazon's files that they're allowing their customers to access via a marketing partnership with local libraries.

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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.

With ebooks and license agreements, they can essentially opt not do business with libraries (by not allowing circulation as a permitted activity under the license offered) or charge libraries at differential (much higher) rates, as well as manipulating availability (for example, no bestsellers in the library till a year after consumer release).

Among the many reasons Stallman gives for boycotting Amazon are that the company sells ebooks and digital music that deprives customers of their rights through restrictive licensing, that the Amazon Kindle - or Swindle, as he calls it - uses proprietary software and contains backdoors through which Amazon can delete books and update software, that the company reportedly abuses its employees by making them work in sweatshops, and that it hurts independent bookstores, small publishers, and authors through its near - monopoly power.

Here's how libraries can legally lend ebooks without having to abide by a publisher's restrictions or licensing:

The company has taken down close to 5,000 ebooks owned by the IPG because of a failure to reach a new licensing agreement.

Investigation Kindled by Amazon's Chinese E-Store Launch Amazon is being investigated in China after their e-store launch was not done with a correct license to sell ebooks.

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.

The type of license is determined by the eBook provider,» the company says.

Earlier in the year, HarperCollins had created a brouhaha in the library world by changing the acquisition terms of its ebooks for libraries from licensing to 26 circulations before an ebook would have to be purchased again.

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.

For example, a publisher could decide that new ebook titles by bestselling authors will have a 26 loan cap, while a new title by a new author might be licensed to libraries at a promotional rate with no cap.

Additionally, the following data is provided by the publisher as part of the actual license and DRM for the ebook:

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

Houghton also sounded a forceful call for librarians take a stand against ebooks locked up in restrictive DRM or licensed under unfavorable terms, saying that if these issues aren't fixed by the time a contract is up, her library will simply refuse to renew.

Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten - year license to the entire list of the 14 classic James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, both in print and ebook.

But ebooks are not sold, they're licensed for use and the terms of usage are controlled through contract by the publisher.

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Effective January 1, 2016, all Penguin and Random House adult and children's frontlist and backlist ebook titles will be available under the one - ebook, one - user, no loan cap perpetual licensing model that has long been employed by Random House.

And, for your peace of mind, every free ebook download is legally authorized and licensed by the author for worldwide publication by obooko, so you can be certain that all books on obooko may be downloaded legally.

Hachette's entire catalog of 5,000 ebooks will now be available through OverDrive, Baker & Taylor's Axis 360 platform, and the 3M Cloud Library, under a pricing and licensing model similar to the one employed by Random House.

I have my own documents, free ebooks, stuff given to my by friends, CC - licensed stuff like Doctorow's novels, etc..

Protect your ebooks with the user - friendly Licensed Content Protection created by the Readium Foundation and developed by Mantano.

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.»

About the DRM - free part: I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on Pottermore Shop yesterday and here's what I found: sending the book to my Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com accounts was fairly simple — and I was quickly able to read the book on my Kindle Fire, first - gen Nook 3G, and the Nook app on my Android phone. However, when I downloaded the epub file to my PC I found I couldn't read it using either the free Calibre ereader software (which told me «This file is locked by DRM») or Adobe Digital Editions, which Pottermore Shop actually recommends for reading its Harry Potter ebooks. When I attempted to read the ebook in Adobe Digital Editions I got a pop - up box telling me «Document is licensed for a different user account».

The thing about ebooks, though, is that libraries and consumers don't buy them, instead paying for the aforementioned license — which isn't covered by first - sale doctrine.»

And when will we see ebooks we can really work with and that aren't compromised by unreasonable licensing restrictions?