Sentences with phrase «lend out ebook»

There are a number of highly competitive websites out there that compete with each other to provide a mostly free service to borrow and lend out ebooks.

Lending out a printed book is much easier than lending out an ebook.

For Amazon Prime members the Lending Library is a super cool perk in which you can lend out your ebooks and «borrow» a book for free each month.

The details of the deal aren't public, but the NYT specu - reports that Amazon probably «demanded that no other e-book vendors, such as Apple, get preferential access to new titles, or any kind of pricing advantages» and maybe asked for the ability of Kindle users to lend out ebooks, which would be awesome.

Granted, those business segments are still dwarfed by OverDrive's core business: 95 % of all U.S. public libraries use the company's technology to lend out ebooks, audiobooks and other electronic content — content that disappears when the lending period ends.

Not exact matches

The eBooks are lend out for two days and automatically self delete after expiry.

Refusal to simplify pricing models, and refusal to inter-operate among e-readers and lending systems, means that libraries will simply opt out of ebook adoption entirely — something they can't afford to do if they're going to stay relevant in the future.

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.

She took a moment out of her busy schedule to discuss the evolutionary growth of ebooks in the library, how the discovery of content is a top priority, what it took to talk Simon & Schuster and Penguin into joining the library lending model, and how libraries are selling ebooks.

3M's Library System loves to show up at a packed conference and show off something new and innovative for the world of library ebook lending, such as at last year's ALA Conference when all the buzz was about the dedicated e-reader designed specifically to be checked out from local public libraries.

In February HarperCollins announced that its ebooks could only be checked out by library patrons 26 times per title, after which a library would need to re-purchase an ebook in order to continue lending it out.

Penguin made waves in the eBook industry when it pulled out of Overdrive and all of the other services that facilitated the lending of eBooks via your local library.

The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.

The American Library Association held its Midwinter conference this week, but the real news to come from that gathering is that the ALA's key leadership has asked for and gotten a meeting with several major publishers to figure out where eBook lending is going from here.

Over 67 % of all libraries based in the USA now carry eBooks and 28 % lend out e-readers.

Publisher's Weekly caught up with American Library Association president Molly Raphael at the recent Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia to find out the latest state of affairs over ebook lending from 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.

All you need is to do is find out if your library lends ebooks and you're good to go as long as you have the requisite library card.

Step 2: If the library lends out Kindle ebooks, go to their website and search for the title that you're interested in borrowing.

Since publishers are so concerned with the «perpetuity of lending and simultaneity of availability» of their ebooks, I have to wonder if libraries shouldn't just help them out and hit the STOP button themselves?

«We're now lending 600 ebooks a day, which works out to more than 133,000 books in 2012.

From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.

Simon and Schuster has expanded on a 20 library pilot project and has rolled out a Nationwide eBook lending plan.

eBook lending is a relatively new phenomenon and basically allows a user to lend out a purchased book for up to 14 days.

Libraries are paying a premium for those titles they can get as ebooks, close to $ 30 for a Random House new release, and have accepted limits in lending such as only 26 check outs for each purchased Harper Collins book, and one person having it checked out at a time.

With the abundance of self - publishing opportunities available to authors now, and even opportunities like library distribution thanks to this morning's announcement that Smashwords and OverDrive are pairing up on ebook lending, the real stand out will be in the ways that companies can offer book promotion to their clients.

eBook lending services are starting to blossom and bear fruit, as popular e-reader companies, such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble recently allowed their eBook owners to lend out most books for a 14 day window period.

To use the device at participating libraries, patrons can browse the 3M Cloud Library collection and check out an eBook from any computer in the library, then visit the appropriate lending desk to have the title loaded onto a NOOK GlowLight.

While many e-reader recipients would logically be expected to open user accounts with the platform that serves their e-readers and then follow through with a few ebook purchases in the post-gift giving excitement, it actually speaks volumes about where consumers choose to spend their dollars and lend their support that patrons were checking out ebooks on Christmas.

In the ongoing tensions between major publishing houses and public libraries over ebook lending, patrons have lost out on the opportunity to borrow bestselling digital titles but it may prove to be the reason readers turn to some smaller publishers» works instead of the Big Six in the coming year.

But the latest drama to come out from the ebook lending world seems a little too coincidental.

Many eBooks have 14 day lending windows in which you can loan out your book and get it back after the expiration period.

Upon reading the article eBook Fling responded «I feel that people will using lending to try out new authors, try out unknown titles, and try to source some of their books cheaper.

«I sought out Amazon because I believe the Ripper book lends itself to a high - tech ebook format that's not really been done,» said Cornwell in an interview with GoodEReader.

Users could then lend the eBook out to a fellow Nook user one time for up to two weeks.

I understand that ebooks are a tougher nut to crack because you can lend out as many copies of the same book as you please, that's why a legitimate way to lend needs to be created across platforms.

Random House basically said that the price hike reflects the lending patterns of ebooks, and said digital books can be loaned out endlessly.

Libraries are building more synergy with selling ebooks, rather than just lending them out for free.

«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.»

There has been a lot of tension about ebook lending since Big Six publisher Harper Collins limited libraries to only 26 check - outs of their titles.

Some of the popularity of ebook lending libraries that OverDrive has noted for the calendar year 2011 through September 30th include almost triple the number of ebook check - outs over all of 2010, more than two million new users signed up for this year, and a rise in smartphone reading to account for 21 % of all ebook checkouts.

Recently the company changed a longstanding decision for unlimited downloads of their ebook to it now expiring after 26 times lent out.

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It wasn't long before ebook lending libraries appeared, followed closely by libraries that actually loan out the e-reader device to patrons who don't own compatible hardware that will enable them to borrow ebooks.

She said «eBookFling is an ebook swapping community that helps people get the most out of their e-reading experience by helping them find people to lend books with.»

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To answer your question the difference with an ebook from a book being checked out traditionally, as you put it, is that a paper book can only be lent so many times before it deteroriates, and a new copy must be purchased.

There is a somewhat confusing rule that Kindle eBooks in the 35 percent royalty level can opt out of this lending program, but those in the 70 percent royalty level can not.

Though the page turn buttons ought to be bigger and entering text with the on - screen keyboard is a drag, the Kindle saves you money not only with its low price but also with a new eBook lending feature that lets you take books out of the library or borrow them from friends.