The Kobo Aura One is proof that
getting library ebooks onto E Ink ereaders doesn't have to be such a hassle.
Similarly if one has difficulties
getting library ebooks for geographic reasons, or if one's library is so underfunded that they can't stock all the books a particular reader would like.
You'll of course need to
get a library ebook before checking out any ebooks, and for that you'll need to check with the library.
We can't control what Amazon does with our readers who
get library eBooks there — though we are interested in what Amazon is doing.
It's curious that Rakuten continues to make it harder for Kobo device owners to
get library ebooks than Kindle owners.
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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.
Most people I speak to about
ebooks get excited by the idea that they'll be able to borrow them free from their
libraries.
My post was about the high prices
libraries pay for
ebooks from the «Big 6» publishers and the difficulties
libraries have
getting books from most of those publishers.
At my
library we are just
getting started with
ebooks — we
get more paper books than
ebooks, but our other resources (periodicals) are probably mostly online these days.
After you recommend the
ebook, you even
get the option to
get notified by email or place the
ebook on hold if your
library decides to purchase the title.
You have to go to the
library, maybe the book has been checked out and you have to come back another time... With
ebooks, you sit on your couch in your living room and go to the
library website, see if the
library has it... You
get the book, read it, return it and
get another, all without paying a thing... How is that a good model for us?»
The former might lose sales because
libraries can lend
ebooks more efficiently (they need fewer websites than physical
libraries) and they don't wear out or
get lost.
He mentioned that publishers often choose his
library because of the sheer amount of visibility and internet
ebook loans they
get.
This program will serve a twofold purpose, first in offering
libraries and their patrons even more
ebook content for lending programs, and second in terms of helping indie authors in the process of
getting their books discovered by a larger public audience.
Simon & Schuster first
got involved in distributing their vast collection of
eBooks to
libraries earlier this year.
If you love
getting ebooks from your local
library, this is an app you would want to install on your tablet or smartphone.
Sometimes we
get spoiled in North America with the sheer of amount of options available to borrow
eBooks from the
library.
«Back in the days before the Kindle and
ebook publishing, here's how one usually
got a book published: You had an idea for a book, you sat down and wrote it, and you went to the
library and check out The Writer's Marketplace, or another book about agents and publishing.
Librarians from all over North America were in attendance, talking about the shift to digital and participating in many sessions talking about big data and how
libraries can
get into
ebooks.
One of her big accomplishments was
getting several of the top six publishers to loan out their
ebooks to
libraries all over the USA.
The 3M Cloud Library system is one of the newest entries to the market that focuses on
getting libraries hooked up with the ability to loan out
ebooks.
We have seen this transpire with
eBook subscription services and
getting involved in digital
libraries.
The company today announced their new Foreign Language Packages that will allow your
library to have options to
get eBooks in different languages.
Publishers don't want to see revenue disappear because people can simply
get ebooks free through
libraries, without ever leaving home.
Overdrive is
getting quite ubiquitous for digital
eBooks at the
library.
I will be traveling on business on eBookDay — So I will using my Overdrive
library to
get a great
eBook (or 2)-- The portability and easy access make
eBook reading the best way to read!
Get an easy overview of your
library and arrange your
eBooks however you like — by genre, your personal review or whether you've already read it, or create a separate category for gift ideas.
There is at least one issue that remains to be resolved, however, which is that my
library system (the Washington Anytime
Library), where I hope to
get most of my
ebooks, is not yet set up to check them out via wifi.
I have asked my readers who have
library accounts where they borrow
ebooks to ask their local
libraries to look into
getting my
ebooks.
4) Because of Indy publications for both print and
ebook formats, more female authors are
getting published and therefore
getting purchased by
libraries and into the hands of readers.
3) since public
library patrons are skewed, economically, to the less affluent among us,
ebooks and particularly female authored
ebooks may not
get into everyone's hands until
ebook tech (ereaders) will be borrowable.
2 min readThe struggle to
get eBooks into
libraries continues.
Kindlerz have huge kindle
ebooks library, you can
get books which are published on Kindle.
For example, you might sign up with Pronoun (because they offer the best royalties on Amazon
ebook sales), but then add in Smashwords to
get the
library market that Pronoun doesn't cover.
When a person logs into their local
library's
ebooks collection and wants to read something, anything, but just
get a book, right now, can they?
Needless to say, the Bluefire App could make a real difference for folks who might be
getting into
ebooks this coming holiday season, and would like to continue to support their local
library.
You'll want to check out the website of your local
library and see if they have a «Downloads» or «Digital» or «
Ebooks» section, and if so, you should be able to follow their procedures for
getting an account set up.
And when you tie POD in directly with distribution, as Ingram has done with IngramSpark ®, customers
get POD service bundled with
eBook distribution to 39,000 retail outlets and
libraries.
Amazon
gets the
library borrowers out of the
library site and onto the Amazon site in order to try to sell them more
ebooks.
I'd been aware for some time that a lot of
libraries had embraced the ability to check out
ebooks, but not until this weekend did I
get around to actually trying it.
And the fact that
libraries often can't
get eBook packages / options that provide the content our patrons want (especially in academic
libraries).
Even at Norwich I'm starting to
get inquiries from patrons about whether they can read
ebooks from the
library on their mobile devices.
Why is it almost impossible to even check out
ebooks at
libraries, much less
get them to buy yours?
In many ways,
getting self - published titles into
libraries hasn't changed since the
ebook revolution: authors still have to prove that they have quality products that fit the collection.
Getting an
eBook from a
library is often a circuitous and confusing process; so confusing that
libraries have to create tutorials on how to do it.
While there are other ways to
get your books in the
libraries (and remember, this is just
ebooks, not hard copies), this one has that little something extra.
Although most of the focus is on OverDrive, because that's the way most public
libraries get their
ebook content and deliver it to patrons, a Penguin statement refers to all
library lending, not just OverDrive — and not just the Kindle Lending
Library, either.