The Harlequin Audio titles will be available through all major
library distributors in digital and physical formats,» says Sean McManus, «Our... [Read more...]
The Harlequin Audio titles will be available through all major
library distributors in digital and physical formats,» says Sean McManus, «Our partners, Midwest Tape and Blackstone Audio, will handle the distribution for physical CDs into libraries and Harlequin Audio works directly with all digital distributors.»
Penguin ended its partnership with OverDrive, the largest digital
library distributor in the U.S., in February 2012.
Not exact matches
And elsewhere, smaller
distributors like Kino Lorber, Olive Films, Flicker Alley, Twilight Time, Cohen Media Group, and Blue Underground, when not giving a necessary makeover to classics already
in their impressive
libraries, brought under - heralded films by our greatest auteurs and criminally unseen works by cinema's pioneers to home video for the first time.
Publishers should allocate unique, separate ISBNs to each available format and platform for the benefit of standard identification
in the supply chain by retailers,
distributors,
libraries, bibliographic databases, sales reporting etc..
In other words, book publishers and distributors are jockeying for position in the school library ebook market and there are no clear winner
In other words, book publishers and
distributors are jockeying for position
in the school library ebook market and there are no clear winner
in the school
library ebook market and there are no clear winners.
An agreement announced today between ebook
distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school
libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces
in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for
libraries to... [Read more...]
This puts money
in the pocket of the
library, the digital
distributor and publisher.
James Larue of the Douglas County Library system recently said «
libraries and taxpayers who support
libraries are being ripped off
in ways that not only outrageously inflate the payment to publishers (surely their costs are not three times greater to provide the book to us than to the consumer), they also greatly reward
distributors.
Earlier this year, digital content
distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks
in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond
in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their
libraries.
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.
Baker & Taylor has been
in business for over 200 years and is a leading
distributor of books, videos, and music products to more than 36,000
libraries, institutions, and retailers
in over 120 countries.
Backed by Rakuten, a Japanese conglomerate best known
in the United States as the force now behind Buy.com, the Kobo brand is well - known outside the States and has just purchased OverDrive, a major
distributor of e-books to public
libraries in the United States.
Penguin, which removed all of its e-books from
libraries and ended its relationship with digital
library distributor OverDrive
in February, is tiptoeing back into the digital lending waters again.
In a pilot program that will begin this year, Penguin has worked with Baker & Taylor, a distributor of print and digital books, to start e-book lending programs in the Los Angeles County library system, which will reach four million people, and the Cuyahoga County system in Ohi
In a pilot program that will begin this year, Penguin has worked with Baker & Taylor, a
distributor of print and digital books, to start e-book lending programs
in the Los Angeles County library system, which will reach four million people, and the Cuyahoga County system in Ohi
in the Los Angeles County
library system, which will reach four million people, and the Cuyahoga County system
in Ohi
in Ohio.
Amazon had partnered with OverDrive, an e-book and audiobook
distributor, to deliver an e-book lending service to 11,000
libraries in the U.S..
IngramSpark is the go - to
distributor for Indies and small publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not
in direct competition with the bookstores and
libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.
We see this cross-industry collaboration as a watershed development
in the evolution of the digital publishing industry that is right
in line with our mission to create new market opportunities for publishers, retailers,
libraries and other
distributors of high value content.
In August 2000, Adobe bought Glassbook, a software company intended for publishers, booksellers,
distributors and
libraries.
An agreement announced today between ebook
distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school
libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces
in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for
libraries to stock their work.
OverDrive, a leading
distributor of digital content to
libraries for patron use, announced today that the 22,000
libraries and schools it partners with generated nearly three billion views of catalog page content
in its database of over one million titles among the 192 million registered user logins last year.
3M, Baker and Taylor, Hoopla and Recorded Books some of the major players involved
in the
library sector and they source the vast majority of their titles through various
distributors, most notable Findaway.
Also, Kobo owns OverDrive — the ebook
distributor that's critical to the U.S.
library market — and has an ebook retail partnership with Flipkart, the most significant book retailer
in India; those affiliations can be very helpful if your books do well and catch the attention of Kobo's marketers and promotions managers.
Margaret Harrison [00:02:07] Oh thanks, well so, yeah, I've worked my whole career
in publishing and I started out on the ebook side working for OverDrive, a major
distributor of ebooks at public
libraries, and focusing on ebooks, so much of it is about the metadata, not just getting books into channels but also making sure those books, as Justine said, can be discoverable, can be found, and so I started spending a lot more of my time on metadata, and I'm a curious person so I got to know a lot and here I am
Writers still have little clout legally (as witness recent court cases and decisions that treat publishers and
distributors and
libraries as the only folks with skin
in the game) and we never will as long as we waste time sniping at each other and publishing models.
-- Social media pages geared toward providing readers with discounted books — Newsletters geared toward providing readers with discounted books or reviews of books at any price — Blogs that feature books from specific categories, discounted books, or book reviews — Any print publication that reviews books — Email lists that provide
libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews —
Distributor catalogues that provide bookstores and
libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews — The algorithms that trigger «you might like» and «buyers also considered» recommendations on internet sales sites — Consumer reviews Notice the emphasis
in most of these areas on reviews.
Founded
in 2002 to address systemic challenges
in the industry, BookNet Canada supports publishing companies, booksellers, wholesalers,
distributors, sales agents, industry associations, literary agents, media, and
libraries across the country.
Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the world's leading multichannel digital
distributor, building a digital catalog of more than 1 million
in - copyright titles and supplying 22,000
libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.
Founded
in 2002 to address systemic challenges
in the industry, BookNet Canada supports publishing companies, booksellers, wholesalers,
distributors, sales agents, and
libraries across the country.
One step that we should be taking is to develop a way to measure the amount of electronic - only publication that is happening
in various markets each year as a collaborative effort among publishers, authors,
distributors, and
libraries.
One stand - out
library system is the Califa
Library system
in California, which to provide more e-books to its patrons has gone and signed deals independently with Smashwords, which is one of the largest
distributors of self - published work.
Random House's increase was to
distributors, such as OverDrive, which
in turn can add its own increase on to what
libraries ultimately pay.
The
library lending demo
in Brussels was a cooperative one among many entities: several publishers (Dutch and French) contributed e-book titles; the e-book
distributor Eden Livres housed the e-books and their metadata; Dilicom, a French
library / publisher joint venture, served as a pipeline of e-book data to
library e-lending platforms; and ePagine provided an e-lending platform for the demo.
Also recently my local
library could not get a book (on writing)
in that I requested because the
distributor they contracted with would not supply any product from CreateSpace.
That's how Laura Hazard Owen at PaidContent
in Penguin Pulls New E-Books From
Libraries quoted OverDrive, the main distributor of books to l
Libraries quoted OverDrive, the main
distributor of books to
librarieslibraries.
OverDrive, the leading eBook, audiobook, music and video
distributor for schools and
libraries, announced today that six standalone partner
libraries have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts from their OverDrive collection
in 2013.
L.McMaken 3-4-12 Cincinnati, OH OverDrive, the digital book
distributor for
libraries, just announced they are
in a partnership with author J.K. Rowling and Pottermore to distribute the Harry -LSB-...].
A majority of the 57 state and regional chapters of the American Library Association have signed a joint statement
in opposition to the practices of publishers and
distributors that have established unfair pricing
in the sale of ebooks to
libraries.
Most
libraries use a company called OverDrive, a global
distributor that secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files
in every format.
Organizations who buy SANs include book and journal publishers, wholesalers and
distributors, book retailers and college bookstores,
libraries, schools, universities, paper and cloth manufacturers, printers and binders, as well as anyone else involved
in the manufacturing of books and journals.
My ebook, The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Selling Your Book to
Libraries offers tips on marketing to libraries and handling orders, as well as contact information for major libraries, wholesalers, distributors, review journals and library associations in
Libraries offers tips on marketing to
libraries and handling orders, as well as contact information for major libraries, wholesalers, distributors, review journals and library associations in
libraries and handling orders, as well as contact information for major
libraries, wholesalers, distributors, review journals and library associations in
libraries, wholesalers,
distributors, review journals and
library associations
in the U.S.
Library (the largest
library ebook
distributors in North America and the UK) are particularly nice additions.
OverDrive is currently the only
library ebook
distributor that enables patrons to check out books on Kindle's dedicated ereaders (
in addition to other platforms) and many librarians were pleased by Penguin's decision to allow simplified Kindle downloading.
OverDrive dominates ebook distribution for public
libraries, but B&T, based
in Charlotte, NC, saw an opportunity
in this market because the company felt a cogent argument could be made for
libraries to use a highly regarded print book
distributor, with deep ties to the
library market, for its digital content as well.
This database of more than 350,000 first chapter excerpts of current books is licensed for use
in the online catalogs of booksellers,
distributors,
libraries, and bibliographic information sources worldwide.
Participate
in a
library outreach campaign through your
distributor or find a service that allows publishers to announce books to librarians.
In my other tutorial we learn about using OverDrive, the most popular electronic book
distributor for both private and public
libraries and schools throughout the world.
Quality Books is a good
library - only (and nonfiction - only)
distributor who specializes
in micropress titles and does make real sales efforts.
The number is registered with the international ISBN agency and
in theory it helps customers and sales outlets (retailers,
libraries,
distributors) discover your book and differentiate it from other books.
But by teaming up with OverDrive, a leading
distributor of ebooks and other digital content and tapping into their extensive network of school and public
libraries, the Amazon Kindle and Kindle apps (on PC and mobile devices) will help to improve the accessibility of literature
in the transforming digital age of our treasured
libraries.