Sentences with phrase «for ebook checkout»

:) Unfortunately, this book isn't available for ebook checkout, so I'd have to pay actual money (gasp!

Not exact matches

eBook Lending Platforms — p. 22 by John Novak — For the purposes of this article, the definition of an eBook lending platform is one that contains eBooks from multiple publishers that patrons may browse and checkout.

3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based ebook lending and a library - specific e-reader device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of ebooks,... [Read more...]

These services operate ebook checkout systems, and make it easy for libraries to purchase ebooks.

And, putting the privacy issues aside for the moment, it could change the answer to the question of whether Kindles can be used to checkout ebooks from «no» to «yes, and with the fewest steps involved.»

If there's a book I want to read that I don't want to put down money for up front, I already have a way to address that: the Seattle Public Library and the King County Library System, both of which are very friendly to ebook checkouts.

Some pubs will sell their ebooks but only for X number of checkouts.

HarperCollins, for instance, limits ebook checkouts to 26, at which point the library (or Overdrive) needs to purchase the product again.

This type of interactive interface is especially important for libraries whose patrons are still adjusting to the option to checkout ebooks and MP3 audiobooks, a concept that is still new to so many library users.

Based on activities of top circulating public libraries, eBook, audiobook and digital magazine checkouts are on track to grow 30 - 40 percent for 2016 over the record levels achieved for 2015.

With One - Step Checkout ™ and powerful, filtered search, the Next Generation library websites are optimized for both PC and mobile users, which helped pilot libraries circulate record single - day numbers of eBooks, audiobooks, music and video.

3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based ebook lending and a library - specific e-reader device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of ebooks, audio books, and downloads to over 18,000 public libraries, may be competitors in the services they provide, but they are united in the fact that their work is intended to increase the capabilities of public libraries to provide ebook lending services to patrons.

Platforms like OverDrive, 3M, Smashwords, and Bilbary are working diligently to provide digital content for libraries until the publishers» concerns — namely pricing, number of patron checkouts per ebook purchase, and piracy — are addressed.

With the level of DRM necessary for the ebook, it will simply be removed from the device when the checkout period is over.

Hachette Book Group eBooks will follow a one - copy / one - user lending model, and there will be no checkout or term limit for the titles on the OverDrive platform.

In this review video we take a look at the Playster App for iOS and checkout their audiobook and ebook catalog.

The program, launched by N.C. Public Library Directors Association, provides nearly four thousand ebooks, audiobooks, and read - along titles for young students, with more than 300 of the titles available for simultaneous checkout.

I tried to see if I could checkout a library ebook using the web browser, but was thwarted by the fact the add - to - card buttons were missing for some reason.

Google Editions is slated for an August release that offers publishers and authors a platform to sell books directly from their website, having Google host the Book, Checkout process and more, seeking to change the current Ebook distribution methodology.

In addition to eBooks, UW has recently added nearly 300 digital audiobooks which are available for checkout to all users via CloudLink.

Some of the popularity of ebook lending libraries that OverDrive has noted for the calendar year 2011 through September 30th include almost triple the number of ebook check - outs over all of 2010, more than two million new users signed up for this year, and a rise in smartphone reading to account for 21 % of all ebook checkouts.

Bad bad bad for book shops, unless publishers enable them to give customers ebooks at checkout, which is entirely feasible.

Besides the drawback that publishers are still imposing checkout limits and raising the price of an ebook by as much as 300 % for libraries, the biggest obstacle may be instituting the lending program itself.

Close in nature to concepts like Amazon Prime, in which members have a pre-determined number of ebook checkouts for one annual membership price, Freading allows libraries to allot patrons virtual tokens that are exchanged for borrowable titles, tokens that are bought with actual money by the library, as opposed to a flat subscription price for using the catalog.

If you have already entered an eBook in the 2013 Global Ebook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkeBook in the 2013 Global Ebook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkeBook in the 2013 Global Ebook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkEbook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkEbook Awards, you may add a category or another ebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkebook for $ 29.00 (Use coupon code: ADDCAT during checkout).

One of the biggest draws and selling points of Adobe DRM - supporting ereaders, especially the Sony Readers, is that you can checkout ebooks for free from your local library to read on them.

OverDrive, the leading eBook, audiobook, music and video distributor for schools and libraries, announced today that six standalone partner libraries have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts from their OverDrive collection in 2013.

The key objection voiced about SELF - e is its business model: the service is free to independent authors who submit their ebooks but offers no royalty payments to those authors for checkouts of their ebooks.

I'd be interested in seeing an analysis author's payouts for KU vs the ebooks for libraries; my understanding is each ebook has a limited number of checkouts.

Best part is Audiobook Jungle readers get a 20 % discount using the promo code Categorysalecp at checkout for all ebooks in the following categories: Food and Wine, Foreign Language Study, History, Self - Help, Technology.

OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading eBook and audiobook platform for libraries and schools, announced today that circulation of eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media increased 33 % in 2014 to 137 million checkouts, while web traffic and discoverability similarly increased, especially on mobile devices.

The OverDrive integration will allow for the checkout of ebooks from within Millennium or Sierra without jumping to the OverDrive interface; the June rollout of Decision Center, the company's new data - driven collection management tool that will compete with collectionHQ's product; a wave of hiring backed by the new investors, which has already increased the staff by 20 so far this year and will add another 40 by the end of the year (mostly in development and support), according to Massana, pushing the company past 400 employees; the creation of five «library relations managers» who serve as customer advocates at III; the complete integration of SkyRiver Technology Solutions into III along with the termination of SkyRiver's suit against OCLC on March 4.

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.»

Having more digital materials available was high on the list, and many said that they would love to have more ebooks available, as well as tablets and e-readers for checkout.

OverDrive powers the ebook procurement and checkout systems for 20,000 public libraries around the world, including 90 % of US public libraries.