The other route
for ebook discovery is mobile browsers.
Parents are responding to that excitement over reading and capitalizing on their children's interest in books, and publishers are responding by having more titles at the ready, and online retail platforms are answering the need with greater tools
for ebook discovery.
The library can be a magnet
for ebook discovery and a distribution platform for helping authors self - publish... The article mostly broadens our awareness of how a library and its expert staff can help ensure that the right title finds the right reader at the right time — and how the considerable research expertise can help deepen and strengthen the research in the book.
71 % of readers who borrow ebooks use the library
for ebook discovery and 40 % use the libraries ebook catalog for discovery.
Not exact matches
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For these more sophisticated eBooks, library users will, for discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library eBook is availab
For these more sophisticated
eBooks, library users will,
for discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library eBook is availab
for discovery and collection management, want to know more than just that a library
eBook is available.
By providing features to support a wide range of scenarios: give
eBooks away
for free as a marketing tool, automatically link
eBook and print editions to enhance
discovery and provide more options to readers, and offer optional copy - protection (DRM) to prevent piracy and unlicensed distribution.
If you make the investment in an ISBN
for your
eBook (optional
for Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo), or
for your print book, you can improve online
discovery (SEO) of your book by going beyond the minimum required ISBN fields in the MyIdentifiers record.
What's interesting here is that the second mode of
discovery, «in - person - received recommendation from a a friend or relative» — generally termed word - of - mouth — seems to be somewhat less effective
for ebooks than
for print books.
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«Our goal is to reduce work
for libraries by making e-book
discovery and acquisition more ubiquitous,» said Kari Paulson, ProQuest Vice President and General Manager,
Ebooks.
For now, BookBub is staying vague about how it will tackle the
ebook discovery problem, but he says that promoting curated deals on
ebooks has proven to be an effective way to help readers discover new authors whose works they go on to buy with or without a discount.
And the
ebook reader is a lousy platform
for discovery and promotion of new titles (what a missed chance).
«If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's
ebooks will become part of a unique
discovery platform
for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read
ebooks on any device, at any time.
Authors are also turning to established companies to write reviews on their
ebooks for them: PW Select, San Francisco Book Review, ForeWord's Clarion Reviews, and Kirkus
Discoveries are some examples.
While long form journalism and e-novellas have taken off thanks in large part to digital publishing, short story authors are still feeling the frustration of being relegated to anthologies or trying to swim their titles in the sea of other 99cent -
ebooks without a platform
for discovery.
As authors and publishers alike experiment with the sweet spot
for ebook prices, promotional pricing can serve as a useful tool in driving book
discovery.
(14) all
ebook content offered to the public is made available
for discovery through the library including content not yet purchased by the library.
«The WIN Catalog will take hundreds of thousands of early, midlist, and backlist
eBook titles that are virtually invisible to library customers and present them
for discovery.
No one argues that the
ebook market is saturated with content (to the point that book
discovery has been a buzzworthy topic
for years now); in fact, a report emerged last week that Amazon now contains over 5 million
ebooks in its retail catalog.
This is going to create massive problems
for online bookstores who constantly wrestle with
eBook discovery.
As a global leader in the
eBook industry, ODILO offers a comprehensive product suite
for the
discovery, management, and distribution of print and digital materials.
Finally, Sony has launched pre-orders
for eBooks and a bunch of new
discovery engines, but is it just a gimmick?
They all basically blame indie authors
for putting their erotica titles side by side with children's books, hampering
eBook discovery and raising a firestorm.
eBook discovery will suffer and parents who buy innocently sounding books like «Daddy's Playtime» might scar their kids
for life.
«The 3M Cloud Library
eBook lending service has simplified the
discovery, browsing and check out process
for eBooks so that more patrons can enjoy the digital content their library provides.»
Libraries have a prominent role in the
discovery of books and authors,... Continue reading ALA, Publishers Talk
Ebook Lending Terms
for Libraries →
The company's cloud - based technologies offer flexible solutions
for librarians, students, and researchers through the ProQuest ®, Bowker ®, Dialog ®, and ProQuest
Ebook Central — and notable research tools such as the Summon ®
discovery service, RefWorks Flow ™, Pivot ™, and Intota ®, a new library services platform.
As
ebook discovery draws more focus and more readers and authors speak out about the need
for guidance in finding new great reads, several companies are making a concerted effort to highlight some books that are doing well in terms of sales and overall traffic.
eBook discovery, or the ability to browse and find a title based on basic keyword searches at online booksellers, is one of the greatest obstacles
for authors or publishers selling content.
We'll provide you with a plan
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This workshop will offer publishers many tips on ways to better manage metadata
for stronger
discovery within
ebook library platforms, online retailers, and dedicated ereader stores.
An often talked about option
for marketing books (especially fiction books) is
eBook discovery services like Bookbub, where readers sign up to regular e-mails of discounted books and authors pay to have their books listed.
In the «ABCs of
eBook Discovery,» Head of Readers» Advisory for the Darien Public Library Stephanie Anderson sounded a note that would resound throughout the discussion when she said that these days, ebook discovery is more about patrons discovering the fact that their library HAS ebooks, and how to borrow and read them, than it is about discovering particular titles, and «does that count?&r
eBook Discovery,» Head of Readers» Advisory
for the Darien Public Library Stephanie Anderson sounded a note that would resound throughout the discussion when she said that these days,
ebook discovery is more about patrons discovering the fact that their library HAS ebooks, and how to borrow and read them, than it is about discovering particular titles, and «does that count?&r
ebook discovery is more about patrons discovering the fact that their library HAS
ebooks, and how to borrow and read them, than it is about discovering particular titles, and «does that count?»
If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's
ebooks become part of a unique
discovery platform
for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read
ebooks on any device, at any time.
And I have serious reservations about the way in which on the one hand Google is selling its services as a disinterested engine
for discovery and real sales through linked bookstores, and on the other is on the verge of opening the largest and best indexed
ebook store in existence.
As the viability and future of
ebook subscription models is debated in some parts of the world, Argentina's Grupo Vi - da has become a hub
for community and title
discovery that includes a subscription (Leamos), online sales (BajaLibros), library access (Bidi) and now a social network, Grandes Libros.
Having an
eBook provides your book more exposure and room
for discovery with readers who prefer an electronic book.
I don't get paying a billion (even if it's pocket change
for MS) to acquire
discovery technology, scrapbooking features, and
ebook publisher relationships.
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