Amy Pawlowski, the web applications manager at the Cleveland Public Library and formerly a manager of partner services for OverDrive, said the library has seen a definite increase
in ebook loans as a result.
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eBooks, audiobooks, music and streaming movies all have to be purchased
in advance
in order to have them included
in the catalog to be
loaned out.
A few years ago there was a dream where thousands of libraries all over the US and Canada would be able to
loan out e-readers to patrons,
in addition to
eBooks.
Some have instituted practices
in which an
ebook can only be
loaned a predetermined number of times, and then it becomes unavailable and must be repurchased, essentially artificially factoring
in «wear and tear» on a computer file.
The company has just announced that
in 2015
eBook circulation surpassed 125 million, which was an increase of 19 % from 2014 and 43 million audiobooks were
loaned out.
The Sieghart Review said publishers should not limit the supply of e-books
in the same way that physical book
loans are controlled, including the lending of each digital copy to one reader at a time, securely removing
eBooks after lending and having digital books «deteriorate after a number of
loans».
When
eBooks first became available at Northern Ireland Libraries
in 2011, there was only 363
eBooks to
loan out.
In the past few years ALA has been petitioning major publishers to bring them onboard with the concept that
loaning the
eBooks out for free, does not devalue the work.
A new report has decreed that 90 % of all libraries now
loan out
eBooks, up from 76 %
in 2012.
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 websites.
In the first quarter of 2012,
eBooks accounted for 28 % of circulated
loans, across the entire country.
When authors submit digital
ebooks to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, they have the option to «Opt
in» to their books being
loaned out.
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 title
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 title
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.
The
loan rate of
ebooks has also seen a marked rise
in recent times, with 4.9 million
ebook loans recorded between 2010 and 2011, an increase of 25 percent.
This worked out to $ 1.35 for every
ebook «read»
in KU meaning they had 7.14 million
loans.
Many
eBooks have 14 day lending windows
in which you can
loan out your book and get it back after the expiration period.
In 2015
eBook circulation surpassed 125 million, which was an increase of 19 % from 2014 and 43 million audiobooks were
loaned out.
They have just announced that
in 2017 there were 155 million
ebook loans, which was an increase of 11 % from 2016 and there was 68 million audiobook
loans.
When you subscribe to Amazon Prime you get access to a number of benefits that allow you to read
ebooks for free or
loan them out to friends if you live
in the United States.
Overdrive is the largest company currently operating
in the digital library space and they have just proclaimed that over one billion
ebooks have
loaned out.
Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor
in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader of
eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be
loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.
While I'd guess the publisher's markup for library use of 25
loans of an
ebook far exceeds the single - copy price of the same book, I'd also be curious about the capital and administrative costs of housing and handling / shipping especially
in a large multi-branch system, that don't exist for electronic
loans.
For those who might not know, a recap: Adobe Digital Editions is widely used software
in the
ebook trade for both library and commercial
ebook transactions to authenticate legitimate library users, apply DRM to encrypt
ebook files, and
in general facilitate the
ebook circulation process — such as deleting an
ebook from a device after the
loan... Continue reading After Privacy Glitch, the Ball Is Now
in Our Court →
Overdrive books its billionth checkout (20 March 2018) The Digital Reader Overdrive just announced on their blog that they have
loaned a billion
ebooks since they first started lending
ebooks in 2003.
In essence, libraries don't make any money from
loaning out
ebooks and the investment for a solid catalog often run upwards to $ 20,000.
I completely agree that libraries should re-package
ebooks in their own DRM for
loan.
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of
eBook issues, including: spending on
eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of
eBooks; market penetration by various specific
eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of
eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary
loan; impact of
eBooks on print book spending; use of
eBooks in integrated search; price increases for
eBooks; contract renewal rates for
eBooks; use of special
eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of
eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia
in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of
eBooks 2011 Edition →
Canadian Library
eBook Borrowing Is Seeing Massive Gains —
In the first quarter of 2012,
eBooks accounted for 28 % of circulated
loans, across the entire country.
His 2013 government funded report said that libraries should not limit the supply of e-books
in the same way that physical book
loans are controlled, including the lending of each digital copy to one reader at a time, securely removing
eBooks after lending and having digital books «deteriorate after a number of
loans».
OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to
loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held
in China the leading
ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.
Since 2007, the company has
loaned out almost 60 million
ebooks and
in 2011 they have just reached the 26 million mark.
That means you sell them,
in essence, the right to
loan out your
eBook for one year, or for a certain number of
loans.
ePagine aims at offering every retailer or library who is involved
in the sales of books the opportunity to sell or
loan ebooks.
In some cases, you might also be able to limit other uses, such as how often an
ebook can be
loaned to friends or printed.
Amazon is looking to launch a Kindle library - one that would allow
ebook fans the chance to rent books rather than buying them, according to a report
in the Wall Street Journal.The move would apparently see older titles becoming available on a
loan basis,... Read more
Instead of selling
ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these
ebooks in perpetuity, HarperCollins amended its terms to limit a purchase to 26
loans.
In the library application, it ensures the
ebook can only be read on the borrower's device and it expires after the 21 - day
loan period.
Keep
in mind, if you getting an
ebook through your library via overdrive or a similar program, that library paid around $ 80 for it, and
in some cases thats only for «X» amount of days or
loans
Hopefully
in the future libraries will be allowed to offer more than two or three «copies» of an
eBook for hiring at a time, or allow users to select a shorter
loan period than two weeks, making copies available sooner than currently.
In addition to the costs for Destiny itself, annual dues of $ 1.50 per student cover costs for on - site training and maintenance of the system as well as for access to online interlibrary
loan for students and teachers; group subscriptions to CultureGrams, LibGuides CMS and LibWizard, and ExploringNature.org; and a shared
eBook collection.
The email I received from a colleague who had given her 95 year old mother a Nook and was requesting the
loan period on
ebooks be increased to 28 days because her mom couldn't finish a book
in less than that (and 28 days is the standard
loan period for a print book at that library) told me that ereaders were
in the hands of a population that no one expected.
Well, Seth has poked me
in the eye, because my library is not allowed to buy the Kindle
ebook and
loan it out.
Today, over three - quarters of the libraries
in the U.S.
loan eBooks, and the readers of those
eBooks also purchase a large quantity of books.
Even
in cases where the libraries offer
loans of ereaders (39 perecent of libraries), about 60 percent of the patrons don't even realize their library has
ebooks for
loan.
This loosens the limitations of interlibrary
loan — a primary library service that is excluded
in most
ebook license agreements.
The library world was thrilled at the September 21 announcement that library vendor OverDrive had enabled its library customers to
loan the
ebooks they'd licensed from OverDrive to patrons with Kindle e-readers — provided that the
ebooks were
in Kindle - maker Amazon's sales inventory.
Gardners also provides an
eBook lending model for a number of libraries, under which library members are restricted to one concurrent
loan per purchased
eBook.Gardners Books makes your
eBook available
in ePub format, so it will be readable on any ePub - compatible device (iPad, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader, etc.) With Gardners» wholesale pricing structure, you will earn 60 % of the list price you set for your
eBook.
Last month, Barnes & Noble released an update to the Nook Color that pushed it more
in the direction of tablets, adding its own app store with games such as Angry Birds, a native email app and a Nook Friends social network, which allows users to see what their friends are reading, check out book reviews,
loan or borrow
eBooks, share how far along
in a book they are and recommend titles to friends.