Sentences with phrase «just lending a book»

Tangible libraries in small towns have more functions than just lending books, but they also provide parents with an easy way to get their kids out of the home and discovering the love of reading.

I frequent OBPL to get my regular fix of YA lit, but this section of the library has a lot more happening than just lending books!

Not exact matches

«Getting funding for a cannabis business presents very unique challenges because you can't just get an SBA, or small business loan, and banks are not going to lend money to you either,» Super Bowl champion and cannabis entrepreneur Marvin Washington told me during an interview for my book with Entrepreneur Media, Start Your Own Cannabis Business.

Even just lending something small can work beautifully: «I read this book recently about leadership; I thought you might enjoy reading it, too.»

True, if it were just one book, one writing, but whne yo have over 25,000 writings outside of the Bible backing up the Bible then it tends to lend credibility.

If you are located near one of these enti «ties: «truth be told» or «just sayin» or «captain america» or «Atheism is not healthy for children and other living things», then perhaps one of these enti «ties can lend you the book that I recommended to them:

Some of these are bound to work better than others (The Book of Exodus doesn't really lend itself to the sort of story Scott clearly wanted to tell), but the lesson to audiences is clear: Just because a movie is about the Bible doesn't mean you can know what to expect when you sit down to watch it.

One oversight worth mentioning: Just one thing is sadly missing: Oat flour being one of the greatest - tasting gluten - free flours (the greatest, in this cook's opinion), and lending itself beautifully to so many bread preparations, I deplore the fact that Kathy Hester has not once thought of tinkering with Gluten - Free breads and muffins in her gorgeous book.

And the shape really lends itself to transitional dressing, not having to wear a heavy boot means you are not just lighter on your feet, but more keen to embrace other lighter options too — like reading a book on a tablet instead of paperback, or a breezy knee - length skirt to float into spring...

She also lends her talent to Columbia's upcoming Stuart Little, a family comedy based on the book by E.B. White, where Tilly gives voice to the character of Stuart's biological mother (who just happens to be a mouse).

If you would like to join Amazon Prime for free book lending once a month and other advantages, or just to see what's on offer, click here.

They can also be lent out indefinitely, just like traditional books.

Will cities and communities continue to spend money on lending books though their libraries when they are relatively inexpensive to «rent» by individuals just like a DVD?

Just as with books, though, there are books that you collect and books that you consume; print lends itself to titles that readers want to own for years to come, while ebooks were ideal for books that readers enjoyed and then promptly moved away from.

Hopefully, as more major library systems showcase highly successful pilot programs and more publishers adopt the attitude that an ebook really is just a book, lending will continue to grow.

As US libraries and subscription models struggle with publishers and rights holders on how to ensure that revenue reaches the right people under lending models, the National Library of Norway seems to have hit on a model that works for them: just give the books away online, and pay the publishers yourself.

Keep in mind that books only can be borrowed once via the same account with this method so you can't just return the lent book and then borrow it again over and over.

For example, Simon & Schuster doesn't license for e-book lending at all, and HarperCollins just introduced a policy to limit the number of loans per licensed e-book to 26, in an apparent move to mimic the lifespan of a physical book in library circulation.

I'd be happy with a system that let me transfer my purchases rather than sharing them - I don't expect my one download of a copy of the new Jonathan Frantzen to provide for the reading needs of my entire extended family at the same time, but lending my Kindle - or in this case my iPad - means lending every book (and every other app), which is not the same as just lending one book.

Just because the books are digital does not mean libraries have unlimited copies to lend out, though.

Actually two books and one you can borrow on your Kindle through Amazon's lending library at NO COST (or purchase for just $ 2.99).

Yes, an avid reader and the reason she loves her Kindle are exactly the 3 reasons you give, Anne: - big font - light - instant purchase when a book is finished without the hassle of going to a bookstore or a lending library (she has a hard time moving around — her brain is just fine, the body, well, so - so...)

Just specifically relating to library lending — under PLR (Public Lending Right) in the UK & Ireland (run by the British Library) authors (and collaborators e.g. narrators for audio etc.) are paid for * every * loan of their books (including electronic and audio).

They also lend books just in the Kindle format and both companies make money off of advertising.

Hundreds of authors have signed up to lend their support, not in terms of publicity or book signings, but just by volunteering on what will hopefully prove to be a profitable day for these small business owners.

Amazon has just launched its lending library service in the UK, which lets Amazon Prime users borrow one book a month.

The purchased books are stored in the cloud and are accessible to all devices and applications linked to your account.You can keep local copies of the books and you never have to worry about space issues.Here is the catch that you can not lend books on kobo.You can download books using wifi only because kobo also does not offer 3G just like nook.

Some books don't have those issues and there are some that are more complex than others, and some just don't lend themselves to ePub but we're trying to make it work.»

Overdrive has just reported that 49 library systems in the U.S. and two other countries have set a new record for lending more than one million digital books in 2016.

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.

The library would not have to purchase any book, they would just provide ALL books for lending.

Picture books just don't lend themselves to the format, and if the goal is to read with a child, cuddling up with the kid on your lap to read from an ereader while looking at the pictures together just doesn't work yet.

I managed to earn one just for signing up and lending my first book.

As the name itself suggest, the Nook Friend will further provide impetus to the social networking cause and is not just about the ability to lend books to others.

Maybe I just got a book from Overdrive that just doesn't lend itself well to digital format?

Or non kindle owners will see there's a lending library and then say to themselves, i'm going to buy a kindle AND join amazon prime where i'll just borrow one book a month forever.

When Nook 1 was first announced, it had the following main advantages over the incumbent Kindle 2 — PDF support, ebook lending (even if it was / is just a token feature), library book support, replaceable battery, LCD touch - screen at the bottom, millions of free books from Google (although you could convert these for Kindle), ePub support, Chess and Sudoku, slightly better screen contrast, memory card slot, both WiFi and 3G.

I can see this lending really well for «Bonus features» in books, just like DVDs.

About the ebooks, the library can only lend one ebook to one person at one time, just like a print book.

Quite a few Kindle owners are now complaining — that the feature is just as restricted as on the Nook, that this isn't really lending, that physical books can be lent unlimited times.

The good news is that this is really a mature market now (both Amazon and B&N offer «over one million» titles in their libraries) and between library lending, friend - to - friend lending, public domain books, and the sheer inevitability of e-books-as-the-future, you'll be well served by a number of products on the market — you'll just probably be best served by Amazon.

Library models can help readers to lend a book for a specific period or just simply read it from one spot.

The recipient can read it for a specified period of time, during which time you lose access to the book via your devices — just as you would if you lent a paper book to someone.

But, the lending happen all in the computer, so we are unsure if users are really reading the books or just browsing and leaving without using.

Just found out that I can only lend a Kindle book ONCE!!!

It works really well, lasts basically forever, and as long as you just want to buy, lend, and read books, it's definitely on par with the Kindle and Amazon's ecosystem.

An ebook reader is essentially a custom compiled single volume omnibus, if you were to have several books re bound in a single volume then you would not be able to lend just one of the books.

You lend me your Kindle; You then realise that you've not just lent me $ title but every book you have on Kindle.

I see the advantage of ebooks to libraries is that (1) they don't have to pay (much) for storage space, often for books that are little used and (2) they can lend «more» copies of a book than they actually have — why shouldn't a library lend 30 copies of an ebook at the same time (ie pre-exams), rather than just the one, provided there's a payment mechanism attached (sorry, there's always a commercial aspect!).

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