Sentences with phrase «lent by public libraries»

By virtue of the exception in Article 6 (1) the Directive establishes a remuneration right for authors whose works are lent by public libraries.

Not exact matches

(The Digital Economy Act 2010 passed by the previous government did include Section 43 which amends copyright for some public library lending.)

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.

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.

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).

According to an article by Michael Kelley of The Digital Shift, Amazon launched its lending program in early November with only 5,000 titles — paltry compared to a public library's offering of titles through OverDrive, such as the Columbus Public Library's offering of over 17,000 ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following public library's offering of titles through OverDrive, such as the Columbus Public Library's offering of over 17,000 ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following Public Library's offering of over 17,000 ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following month.

The real benefit of Sony Reader devices is that they also support library lending, so if your local public library offers this service (powered by OverDrive), you'll be able to borrow books for free.

The arrival of the Lending Library is an important step for Kindle as Amazon's ereaders do not support the EPUB format, used by public libraries to lend ebooks.

Sony continues to offer its popular and critically - acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from over 15,000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive, simple - to - use dedicated icon on the device.

This service is free to Brooklyn Public Library patrons; however, fines and fees assessed by the lending library do apply.

By establishing distribution deals with not only all of the major ebook retailers and a host of often overlooked, lesser known retail platforms, Smashwords has also inked distribution deals with Scrib, Oyster, and OverDrive, giving indie authors the chance to put their works in subscription - based and public library lending opportunities.

The UK Publishers Association last week announced a set of «minimum terms» for ebook lending by libraries, a move that could finally see this complex and important issue getting some serious public debate.

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.

Indeed, public libraries are experiencing major growth in e-book lending, especially since Amazon joined the e-lending world by opening up its DRM to enable lending and integrating it with OverDrive's library lending service.

Kobo's latest e-reader offers waterproofing and automatic blue - light exposure control, but misses a trick by omitting public library lending support.

Amazon (s amzn) is trying hard to reinvent the library for the digital age, by offering e-book lending through the Kindle via a «Netflix for books» (s nflx) monthly subscription, as well as by offering Kindle e-books through a public - library lending program it launched earlier this year.

In the meantime, libraries can develop programs such as the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library's Indie Ohio Anthology, powered by SELF - e, which collects self - published works by local library patrons and makes them available for lending.

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.

-- RELATED PROGRAMS - Go here for details — The Hammer Museum's Public Engagement program will bring an artist project by David Kipen — an interpretation of Libros Schmibros, his hybrid lending library and used bookshop in Boyle Heights — to Westwood from August 27 - October 9, 2011.

The Dutch reference for a preliminary ruling is based on the following facts: A report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture had opined that the lending of e-books did not fall within the scope of application of Directive 2006/115 (as transposed into Dutch law) and, as a result, libraries could not benefit from an exception to the exclusive lending right to lend e-books to the public.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Minimized public records access time by 33 % by employing state of the art retrieval techniques • Introduced a patron borrowing system by incorporating specific information for easy tracking of library material lent out