Sentences with phrase «lend these ebooks in»

Instead of selling ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity,... Read more >

Library systems across the country are now lending eBooks in addition to physical ones, and you can read many of them on your Nook as well as any of Sony's new eReaders and Kobo's device.

My opinion is that it would be worthwhile for both libraries and indie and self - published authors to find or create a platform for indie, small press and self - pubbed authors to have a way of distributing and lending their ebooks in the library space.

Planned for this fall, DPLA will be lending ebooks in what it hopes is a streamlined, non-proprietary... [Read more...]

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.

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.

Not exact matches

For example, if you're catering to an advanced horseback rider in your ebook compared to a beginner, that content might lend itself to more in - depth explanation of certain topics than content suitable for a beginner, who may prefer bullet point summaries of the topic.

Libraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electronic form.

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.

There are also many people, particularly in developing nations, who have no access to the technology or infrastructure to support ebooks, and these people will continue to buy or lend print books, when they can.

I was in Brisbane last week talking to Queensland librarians about ebook lending in public libraries and why HarperCollins wasn't really the bad guy in this conversation.

While the first library to offer ebook lending in Japan did so as far back as 2007, it seems that the mistakes US libraries and Japanese libraries made at the onset went hand in hand.

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.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big... [Read more...]

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...]

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.

eBook lending, along with movie, music, and audiobook streaming, is helping these entities keep their doors open by offering the content their patrons need in the... [Read more...]

Overdrive is the largest company in the world that facilitates the lending process of ebooks to your local library.

One of the most frustrating aspects of digital publishing is the current sad state of affairs in ebook lending.

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 ouIn 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 ouin order to continue lending it out.

They like to tout that Overdrive CEO Steve Potash testified at the House of Commons in favor of eBook lending in October 2012.

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.

Digital content provider OverDrive made a monumental announcement today in saying that Macmillan has made its entire ebook catalog available for the first time for lending through OverDrive's school library partners.

Library lending of ebooks and other digital content is finally gaining a foothold in the industry as publishers and lending institutions come to some measure of agreement on how to make it work.

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».

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.

While the struggle for a satisfactory condition continues in the world of ebook lending for public libraries, some companies are still managing to make progress with digital catalogs.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

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.

At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched with Library Journal that will offer libraries a way to feel confident about including self - published ebooks in their lending catalogs.

Penguin has really warmed up to the idea of digital ebook lending, forging a new agreement with the 3M Cloud Library earlier in the month.

Three public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty - five individual libraries, became the most recent of the eighty library systems across the country to benefit from 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their pateBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their patebook lending for their patrons.

There hasn't been enough discussion about the role that the ongoing battle between Amazon and the Big Six plays in the problems arising with ebook lending.

OverDrive, whose ebook borrowing app continues to be the top - rated large - scale lending app by iOS and Android users, has enjoyed a fairly solid run as not only a content provider to academic and public libraries, but also in other ways.

One of the polarizing issues in the U.S. ebook market right now is the conflict over public library access to ebook titles for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford access to new and bestselling ebook titles to library patrons in Spain.

While many US libraries require proof of immediate residency to use their library, eliminating the benefits of ebook lending altogether, would - be patrons have actually traveled to the nearest library in order to sign up for library cards and take advantage of ebook availability, which has proven good for local businesses as these new patrons shop and dine in the region while they're there.

Overdrive is the definitive leader in technology to facilitate digital ebook lending from your local library.

But with survey data from as recently as 2012 indicating that the majority of library patrons in the US didn't even know their public libraries could lend ebooks, despite the current numbers that 90 % of American libraries offer digital lending, there's an obvious disconnect between the services offered and patron adoption.

While their methods will vary on how they choose to improve ebook lending of their titles, only Simon & Schuster remains the only major US publisher that is not releasing its ebook titles for public library lending in any way.

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

Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in ebook lending programs.

The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London today, and one of the announcements from the event was that the group, joined by OverDrive's CEO Steve Potash, addressed the British House of Commons on the importance and the data of ebook lending.

Overdrive is one of the only companies in the world that facilitates the lending of Harry Potter ebooks.

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.

I work in a library that lends ebooks and audio books through Overdrive.

3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership with Smashwords that puts the ebook distributor's titles in the catalog for libraries to choose from.

Interestingly, the image only alludes to 600,000 titles available in the Amazon catalog, not the full ebook catalog, which could mean that Amazon would have the same problem with acquiring content for lending that has plagued the ebook subscription model since it first became news back in 2010.

eBook lending has been a struggle for the industry, with different publishers experimenting with different lending parameters and limitations in an effort to protect the interests of their companies and their authors.

Overdrive is the company responsible for the facilitation of ebook lending from your local libraries in digital format.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.