«OverDrive's valuable eBook data confirms the benefits that books and authors
in library channels enjoy in terms of exposure and discovery to a highly desirable audience,» said Alexis Wiles, OverDrive Manager of Publisher Relations.
The general formula is that Findaway pays you 80 % of what the retailers &
library channels pay them, so their cut is 20 % net and you get 80 % net.
The launch date is scheduled for September, but Ingram will be demonstrating how it is tailoring the platform to serve the
public library channel at the American Library Association annual conference this week in Anaheim (booth # 1446).
1) Plenty of indie authors distribute on Kobo (and Barnes & Noble and Apple and less obvious sites /
library channels).
HC's letter states that the company is»... looking to balance the mission and needs of libraries and their patrons with those of authors and booksellers, so that
the library channel can thrive alongside the growing e-book retail channel.»
From a librarian perspective, such news is secondary to the ongoing battle to convince publishers such as Macmillan, which is the parent of Tom Doherty Associates, to make even DRM'd content available to
the library channel.
A number of publishers, such as Osprey Publishing (parent of Angry Robot), F+W Media, and O'Reilly Media, make books available without DRM, but this does not translate to
the library channel, which relies on DRM as the mechanism to control one of its quintessential functions — the loan — as well as to impose the one - book, one - user lending model.
eBOUND CEO, Krystyna Ross, discusses price differences between the retail and
library channels, emerging business models and their effect on prices, and how Canadian - owned publishers are pricing their ebooks.
Two channels are listed separately, one is labeled Gardners Extended Retail Distribution and the other, which comprises
both library channels is labeled Gardners Library Distribution.
If you wish to opt out of either the Gardners retail or
library channels (NOT recommended), you'll find the option in your Dashboard's Channel Manager.