Sentences with phrase «library ebook programs»

Since the second American Libraries supplement on ebooks and digital content was published in mid-2012, four of the Big Six publishers — Hachette Book Group, Penguin, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster — have initiated pilot library ebook programs.

«We appreciate that Simon & Schuster is modifying its library ebook program to provide libraries a choice in whether or not to participate in Buy It Now.

Not exact matches

«By providing free resources such as downloadable eBooks and music, WiFi, public computers, technology classes, materials and lessons for English - language learners, health fairs and programs for job seekers, libraries and librarians are transforming our community each and every day.»

These libraries also commit to support student learning through programming that develops their language, reading, and critical thinking; provide digital resources, such as eBooks and online collections of traditional media; and provide broadband connectivity and wireless access within library facilities.

Playster is a digital entertainment subscription service that includes ebooks, similar to Scribd, Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, and the now - defunct Oyster: for $ 9.95 a month, you can access what Playster advertises as a library of more than 250,000 «premium titles» — «the world's only truly unlimited ebook service» (source).

R. David Lankes, Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, University, NY and head of the Syracuse library science program, presented the closing keynote, ««New Librarianship» in the Age of the eBook» (www.DavidLankes.org).

Pubs for the Hub to raise funds for Boston; Intuit's «Make a Wish» contest for small business owners returns; ALA's list of most challenged titles released; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announces Take 5; Books Are My Bag to launch in U.K.; Simon & Schuster in pilot program with New York City libraries; Ingram adds Ebook Library titles to OASIS

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.

Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self - published and digitally published works, unveiled a new program today that will make it even easier and more lucrative for libraries to put indie authors» titles in the devices of digital reading patrons.

Today, Baker & Taylor announced it is initiating a new pilot program with Penguin to provide a number of American libraries with ebooks.

The premise the new program is a hardcore marketing campaign with posters, videos, postcards and promotional materials to build awareness to the public on the fact they can borrow eBooks from the library and the limitations facing them.

During the pilot program, Penguin will make its ebooks available to the libraries for one year with renewable terms, and library patrons will be able to access the collection remotely utilizing their personal devices, including PCs, iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Nooks, and Android devices.

Baker & Taylor, the world's largest distributor of digital and physical books and entertainment products, announced today that through a pilot program it will now be able to make available more than 450 popular ebook titles from Simon & Schuster imprints to classrooms and school libraries using the Axis 360 digital... [Read more...]

3M's Cloud Library eBook Lending Service and the Polaris Integrated Library Service allow member libraries to purchase digital titles for patron use, so this partnership will only serve to strengthen the program offerings for ebook reaeBook Lending Service and the Polaris Integrated Library Service allow member libraries to purchase digital titles for patron use, so this partnership will only serve to strengthen the program offerings for ebook reaebook readers.

Macmillan and Overdrive announced a new ebook pilot program last month that will see a number of titles from their Minotaur imprint become available to libraries.

The major ones in New York that were selected for the recent ebook trial programs all deal with more than one digital library content delivery method.

Staff created this program to reach out to library customers and provide readers advisory focused on «hidden gems» in the eBook collection.

In early 2013, Macmillan started a public library pilot program with a select group of backlist ebooks from its Minotaur Books mystery and crime fiction imprint.

Hopefully, as more major library systems showcase highly successful pilot programs and more publishers adopt the attitude that an ebook really is just a book, lending will continue to grow.

Tim McCall, Penguin's Vice President of Online Sales and Marketing, said, «Penguin is excited to be partnering with Baker & Taylor to expand our library ebook lending pilot program.

Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in ebook lending programs.

«Our enhanced perpetual access program is another way to ensure that libraries around the world have all of the options they need to build ebook collections to best serve their patrons.»

In 2013, both Macmillan and Simon & Schuster, which had not been selling ebooks to libraries, began pilot programs which were eventually expanded.

The new library program will allow libraries to purchase ebooks directly from Kobo and allow its patrons to read them.

Interesting to note that Amazon announced in April that they're interested in the library ebook market after all http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?ID=1552678&c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle and Overdrive is making changes to boost the Amazon program and also simplify ebook lending for libraries http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/06/overdrive-update-helps-amazon-program.html

This is a program for managing your ebook library, and it is unbelievably useful.

Research indicates that ebook users are already «power users» of library resources, regularly visiting their local libraries for programming and to borrow materials, as well as borrowing ebooks online, and doing all those activities in great gulps.

It was a little clunky at first to do library lending because the libraries were a little sketchy on their educational programs, but since then I've seen library websites with much easier info on how to download ebooks.

Libraries hiring «geeks» (programmers, developers, etc) to create software / programs / apps / whatever to store these ebooks and allow patrons to access them.

Powered by OverDrive for its member libraries and documented in terms of impact on sales by Sourcebooks, the program is going to attempt to demonstrate once - and - for - all the effects of letting people borrow an ebook.

With a pilot program underway at Ohio's Warrensville Heights Public Library, OverDrive Media Station invites readers to browse, sample and discover library eBooks within the physical branch.

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 month.

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.

When the Big Six publishers pulled their ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.

Sell Your Book and Ebook to Libraries — This thorough training program contains everything you need to know — whether you're a traditionally published or self - published author — to get your book into lLibraries — This thorough training program contains everything you need to know — whether you're a traditionally published or self - published author — to get your book into librarieslibraries.

ReadersFirst has advocated for a better experience for library users in accessing all of a library's offerings, including physical materials, eBooks and digital audiobooks, databases, programs, and more.

Amazon's entry into public libraries and their own lending process through the Prime program has just quadrupled the activity in ebook lending.

«With this program, a portion of the profits from an eBook sale will be donated to the library,» said Matt Tempelis, Global Business Manager for 3M Library Systems.

The new eBook purchase program will be available to all 500 libraries that currently deal with 3M.

Libraries around the world are increasingly using their OverDrive platform to host and promote «eBook Reading Clubs» enabling dozens of «city read» or «one book, one community» programs.

During the two - week program, the selected eBook will be available for you to borrow online, 24/7 through participating libraries in a participating country.

And the program will then be paid for by libraries» subscriptions to these collections, or «modules,» of ebooks put together by the Library Journal team.

These pilot programs will help HBG learn more about library patrons» interests, usage, and expectations, and help the publisher devise the best strategy to reach the widest audience of ebook readers in libraries.

Basically all that you have to do to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks is install the Kindle for PC program on your computer, along with a free program called Calibre that is an extraordinarily useful tool for managing your ebook library, and a DRM - stripping plugin for Calibre that takes all of about 10 seconds to install.

Calibre is a free open source ebook management program that allows you a greater flexibility in managing your ebook library.

By displaying the available ebooks in the various publisher catalogs to patrons, as well as linking the libraries websites to several major online book selling retailers, libraries stand to benefit from the affiliates» program while patrons have the option to purchase ebooks that their libraries may not offer.

The 3M ebook lending library program is based on the specific needs that libraries have faced throughout the process of trying lend digital materials.

Besides the drawback that publishers are still imposing checkout limits and raising the price of an ebook by as much as 300 % for libraries, the biggest obstacle may be instituting the lending program itself.

OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.

To correct this, e-content providers must be willing partners, and offer products that allow users to search and browse a single comprehensive catalog with all of a library's offerings at once, including all ebooks, physical collections, programs, blogs, and donor opportunities.