Sentences with phrase «library ebook catalogs»

71 % of readers who borrow ebooks use the library for ebook discovery and 40 % use the libraries ebook catalog for discovery.

Overdrive, the digital media supplier to libraries nationwide issued a statement noting the astronomical price increase: «As announced yesterday *, Hachette Digital is raising prices on its currently available library eBook catalog (roughly 3,500 titles with release dates of April 2010 and earlier) effective Oct. 1, 2012.

Not exact matches

For instance, in March 2012, nearly 60 percent of readers browsed — defined as exploring the catalog without a targeted search term — public library ebook collections to discover new content.

Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.

According to the same Pew report, 53 % of patrons surveyed think libraries need more ebooks, and another 42 % «definitely» believe libraries should move most of their catalogs and services to an online portal for patrons to use remotely (and additional 34 % think it's something libraries and patrons should at least consider).

As eBooks become pricier libraries offer great digital loaning as well as curation management on their online catalogs for physical books.

The big selling point is that they have libraries adopt their entire digital catalog free and libraries only pay a fee when users borrow an audiobook, eBook or graphic novel.

Today the Axis 360 platform now allows library patrons to have access to all library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.

As library ebook lending for both academic and public institutions continues to make steady progress, libraries are finally able to «shop» the competition to provide the best user experience for their patrons, the largest catalogs of bestselling titles, and investigate the available features of different platforms.

While Smashwords has been the powerhouse pioneer for indie authors in its agreement with OverDrive to allow libraries to access the Smashwords catalog, there is still a stigma in place that blocks libraries from seeing this catalog as a viable option for ebook content.

Publishers require that libraries use these artificially constrained eBook circulation rules to protect the value of their front list, perhaps 5 % of the overall catalog.

Tim McCall, Penguin's Vice President of Online Sales and Marketing, said, «Penguin is looking forward to making our catalog of ebooks available to Follett and to its school library customers.»

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.

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 company now has 500,000 eBook titles and 40,000 audiobooks that are available for libraries to purchase and integrate into their digital catalogs.

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.

«eBooks and audiobooks are serving more kids, young adults, travelers, students and readers of all genres of books than ever through innovative tools and expanded digital catalogs that our library partners offer.»

Baker and Taylor have inked a new deal with publisher Macmillan to have their entire back catalog of 11,000 eBooks available for 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.

One of the end results of these meetings is an agreement from Random House that it would support ebook lending of its catalog of titles, but that the price that libraries must pay for those books would have to increase.

I recently uploaded my whole catalog to Overdrive, which sells ebooks and audiobooks to libraries.

We are dedicated to a «world enlightened by reading» by delivering the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media to a growing network of 38,000 libraries and schools in 70 countries.

OverDrive is the leading digital distribution platform, supplying the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to 38,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.

«There is clear demand for enhancing library catalogs around the world with information about ebooks,» says George Oates, the project lead for Open Library.

In a special report [pdf] released in July 2010 on ebooks for public libraries, the Council of State Library Agencies (COSLA) endorsed the exploration of OPDS Catalogs.

The best we can do is to make our eBook collections findable via our library catalog, but that lacks the sophisticated search functionality of the individual platforms themselves.

The COSLA report endorsed the exploration of BookServer OPDS Catalogs to enhance the discoverability of ebooks held by libraries.

No, not all libraries who rely on OverDrive's catalog to supply ebooks for their patrons can have the same content.

Since the public libraries are seeing a spike in ebook borrowing and Amazon's catalog is growing exponentially, it's probably pretty safe to assume that reading consumers are enjoying the ability to borrow digital content from their local libraries and online retailers.

In addition to the ability for OverDrive members around the world to access these Japanese - language ebooks, the formation of OverDrive Japan means that the Japanese library market can now benefit from OverDrive's one million title catalog.

Currently, a large number of publishers have prevented or pulled their titles from eBook lending catalogs, the platforms that enable public library patrons to borrow digital editions of books on their own reading - enabled devices.

Test Drive Approved device requirements include compatibility with the library's eBook catalog, direct Wi - Fi checkout and eBook download via an on - board browser or app, and copyright protection (DRM) and lending practices that conform to rules as required by publisher permissions.

By adding the Bilbary button to their online catalogs, libraries can offer great ebook access to their patrons.

Similar to another digital library provider in the U.S., 3M Library Systems, not only is Libranda working towards a cloud - based catalog of ebooks, but is also looking ahead to launching a self - branded e-reader.

According to a press release on the program, «OverDrive offers libraries and schools the industry's largest and most complete eBook catalog, including Kindle eBooks from more than 800 publishers.

But this agreement will enable indie authors to offer their books as part of OverDrive's one million - plus title catalog, allowing libraries that option to find and stock the ebooks.

Libraries have access to OverDrive's catalog of nearly 2 million titles in audiobook, eBook, music and video formats from more than 2,000 suppliers, spanning nearly every genre.

Penguin Group, which announced last year that any books published after November 14 would not be available for ebook lending from libraries — and initially had said those ebooks would not be available for Kindle, but has since backed down from that statement — has now decided to pull its audiobook downloads from library catalogs for books published on or after that same date.

Smashwords has successfully convinced Overdrive that there is value with their catalog of 300,000 eBooks, 200,000 of which are available to libraries.

All of the Big Six publishers who had previously allowed their titles to be borrowed through OverDrive's catalog to public libraries pulled their digital editions in 2011 amid concerns about ebook piracy and the interests of the authors.

«This spike in library lending of eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video is the result of the tremendous efforts of thousands of librarians, as well as significant ease - of - use improvements including seamless integration with library catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's Director of Partner Services.

New opportunities through periodical platforms like Next Issue, PressReader, and Zinio, as well as ebook catalogs through Freading, Boopsie, and Smashwords» unprecedented distribution agreement with OverDrive have meant that not only do libraries have options for providing relevant formats to their patrons, but they also have competitive choices that can lead to better budget options.

According to OverDrive, the Media Station «enables libraries to showcase to the millions of in - library patrons their entire OverDrive digital catalog, including eBooks, audiobooks, music and video.

Publishers have imposed boycotts on ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending catalogs, all of which have all left libraries at odds with the publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for their patrons.

This study highlights the continuing need to improve the library eBook experience, not only from apps but from our catalogs, using APIs to provide as few clicks and the most direct experience from the library's site as possible, so that all our readers can get content as easily as possible.

OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive's catalog, claiming that it had «security concerns.»

Located in California, the library system established a partnership with Smashwords that will let the libraries» patrons check out ebooks from a catalog of 10,000 digital titles in Smashwords» platform on a one - at - a-time basis.

If more libraries were to follow this lead, it would dramatically increase their catalog of ebooks and use a portion of the proceeds to make the entire library more sustainable.

According to Stross, however, the constant headlines and boycotts of libraries just might fuel the fires for smaller publishers as consumers turn to the many ebooks that independent authors and smaller houses are happily making available for ebook lending catalogs.