Sentences with phrase «library ebook pricing»

From library eBook pricing to the latest digital publishing trends, we bring you all of the eBook news you need to know.

It's time for transparency on library ebook pricing from both publishers and distributors.

The Douglas County (Colo.) Libraries Pricing Comparison for April (PDF file) shows a continuing trend with library ebook prices running at an average of 5.3 times the consumer price.

Random House has countered this claim saying, «Our publishing house, which is the only one of the Big Six to make its ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the sell - through information used to determine retail pricing.»

Applebaum said that the publishing house, which is the only one of the Big Six to make its ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the sell - through information used to determine retail pricing.

Not exact matches

This flexibility of ebook pricing let libraries choose the best way of buying your books.

My post was about the high prices libraries pay for ebooks from the «Big 6» publishers and the difficulties libraries have getting books from most of those publishers.

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.

This way of ebook pricing at libraries gives you a lot of flexibility.

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.

Your local library is also paying more for ebooks since agency pricing was implemented.

Recognizing that the cost of textbooks was out of control almost two decades ago, we created CampusBooks.com, a price - comparison website where students can see all of their options for used and new print books, rentals, ebooks, and even local library inventory.

«Many challenges remain including high prices, privacy concerns, and other terms under which ebooks are offered to libraries.

Random House, whose price increase on digital versions of its titles for library lending, reiterated what can be great news for libraries, mainly that when a library purchases an ebook for lending to its patrons, that book is the property of the library.

12 % said that the price is right, but they would not buy ebooks if the price increased even further and 8 % said they no longer buy ebooks and exclusively borrow them from the library.

I.e. a special legislation that sets a mandatory reasonably (fixed) price for ebooks that libraries use, and a provision that publishers can not refuse to supply to libraries.

Since the CLA does not have a voice in government, many smaller libraries banded together on a grassroots level to launch the «Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing»libraries banded together on a grassroots level to launch the «Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing»Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing» website.

The problem with ebooks in libraries is that while ebooks have become a mainstream book format generally, in libraries they are premium - priced systems.

For all Hachette Digital ebook orders placed before 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, Sept. 30, libraries can add Hachette titles at current pricing.

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.

Whatever the real number clearly Amazon remains the leading ebook vendor and its continuing refusal to support library lending locks libraries out of the most popular format from the vendor with the best title selection and the lowest prices.

From the Pricing Tool page that just went live (in your Dashboard): FREE ebooks - If your book is priced at FREE, the library will have the option to check it out to an unlimited number of library patrons.

If I can't find the ebook version for a cheaper price, I'll go to the library.

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They have recently reconfirmed their commitment to license ebooks to libraries, although they have stated that there will be a rise in the price.

On February 2, Random House, the only one of the «Big 6» publishers to provide ebooks to libraries without restrictions, made an announcement that they would continue their generous policy, but that there would be a price hike to deal with some of the issues surrounding permanent access to ebooks.

Their decision to withhold library ebook sales, at least until per - lend prices rise to close to sale prices, is entirely rational.

With the typically lower price of ebooks through Smashwords, the opportunity for libraries to stock titles for their patrons and to increase author discoverability increases.

This partnership opportunity offers competitively priced ebooks to avid digital readers as well as helping patrons feel good about their reading purchases, as they help the patrons» own libraries with each click.

A recent report on pricing from the Douglas County (CO) Library System demonstrated that an ebook that typically costs a consumer just over $ 10 can cost a library almost $ 50.

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.

As it stands now, pricing is making it almost impossible for libraries to fully support ebook lending.

I've got an iPad full of a gazillion - affordably - priced - ebooks I purchased and haven't read yet; a house full of hundreds of print books I've yet to read; an ongoing addiction to big, old, dusty secondhand bookstores; and I belong to two big local library system with excellent print and ebook selections / services.

Buying ebooks opened a world to me beyond my small town library due to the low prices: I've been able to read a lot of fiction this way, while not stealing from my children's dinner plates.

This new price change will affect close to 3,500 ebooks that are available for libraries to purchase.

Platforms like OverDrive, 3M, Smashwords, and Bilbary are working diligently to provide digital content for libraries until the publishers» concerns — namely pricing, number of patron checkouts per ebook purchase, and piracy — are addressed.

When the paperback comes out the ebook costs more than the paperback.B5 pricing pushed me to libraries and independent authors for ebooks.

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Libraries pay similar prices for an eBook that they would a physical book.

With the advent of the information age, digital literacy, and the ease of access to ebooks and reduced pricing, industry watchers have been warning for several years that libraries are on their way out.

While I'd guess the publisher's markup for library use of 25 loans of an ebook far exceeds the single - copy price of the same book, I'd also be curious about the capital and administrative costs of housing and handling / shipping especially in a large multi-branch system, that don't exist for electronic loans.

For example, in February libraries paid six times the consumer price for ebooks on the USA Today bestseller list.

I think a better business plan is giving people the opportunity to get exactly what they want — such as free ebooks at libraries — and giving libraries exactly what they want — good content at reasonable prices that they own.

Then I either click to buy the ebook version or I put it on a wishlist to get at the library because I won't pay over-inflated traditional publisher ebook prices.

So if you are feeling even more aggravated than ever about ebook prices, circulation limits, time limits, vendor platforms, or the lack of integration that frustrates library patrons, just get a couple of these adult coloring books and color your way to relaxation.

In the past month, Random House has drastically raised the price of ebooks for sale to libraries.

March 2012 Random House dramatically increases prices for library ebook sales.

We are actively working to persuade libraries to purchase titles - and keep them forever - through our service, instead of continually licensing ebooks at higher prices from other services.

The organization's top executive, Vickery Bowles, said publishers charge vastly different prices to libraries than average consumers, and the ebooks come also with many usage restrictions.

If I can't get an ebook for something I want to read, I reserve it at the library and wait for an ebook edition with a sensible price (under $ 8.00, most of the time).