Sentences with phrase «leading ebook lending»

OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public libraries that offer digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public libraries that offer digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington,... [Read more...]

Not exact matches

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...]

The British government had formed a task force earlier this year to investigate the potential impact of ebook lending in order to consider mandating lending; the task force was made up of voices from various sectors in the book industry, but the news led to concerns that libraries would possibly suffer in an era of all - digital lending adoption.

The constant slashing of budgets, reductions in staff and hours of operation, and the obstacles libraries have faced in ebook lending have all led to stress levels of many libraries.

Overdrive is the leading company that facilitates the digital eBook lending process from your public libraries.

Whatever the real number clearly Amazon remains the leading ebook vendor and its continuing refusal to support library lending locks libraries out of the most popular format from the vendor with the best title selection and the lowest prices.

The plan is to reverse some of the long - held misconceptions that ebook lending could lead to increased piracy and decreased sales, a belief that has already been demonstrated to be false by Kobo at Digital Book World back in 2012 when Michael Tamblyn presented sales data for Suzanne Collins» Hunger Games trilogy.

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.

Overdrive and 3M are the two primary companies in North America that lead the charge in ebook lending software for libraries.

OverDrive is the leading source of ebook titles for over 15,000 public and school libraries who have adopted ebook - lending strategies for their patrons.

Hachette's CEO, Tim Hely Hutchinson, spoke recently of his worries that library lending could lead to «ebook giveaways for all».

OverDrive is the leading platform for ebook and audiobook lending to public and school libraries, with over 30,000 supported libraries worldwide.

Unfortunately, it ended up as a clumsy attempt to avoid speaking about the real elephant in the room, paid ebook lending, and has led to universal condemnation of the PA's position (see comments to this Bookseller story).

Just six months after launching their innovative eBook lending library, Odilo now offers digital content from all of the leading publishers, including frontlist and backlist titles, along with pre-orders.

In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive's relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the «Get for Kindle» functionality for all Penguin ebooks.