Sentences with phrase «library ebook services»

Let us know you want better library ebook services for you users!

I currently work for a state library and am part of a group evaluating new vendors for public library ebook services.

Yes, the name sounds like a new comic, but the group is real and ready to make a difference in library eBook Services.

The company offers local and corporate libraries eBook services, as well as digital magazines and newspapers through its partnership with Barnes & Noble's NOOK platform

Another priority has been empowering libraries and their staff members to serve readers through recommendations and readers» advisory, putting the librarians back in library ebook service.

Askews & Holts Library Services — Askews & Holts (A&H) is a sister company to Gardners, and operates the UK's largest library ebook service.

Not exact matches

Areas of service include GA Standards aligned classroom leveled libraries, leveled bookroom collections, fiction and non-fiction library books that include shelf - ready library processing, technology and eBook solutions and Teacher Resource Materials.

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).

A new distribution service for library ebooks called OdiloPlace has just launched this month in the United States.

Yesterday OverDrive announced that they have resolved a technical issue with their library ebook lending service that had caused a number of Kindle - formatted ebooks not to appear available for lending.

Online (and sometimes downloadable) PDF eBooks are available from a number of different library services (for example, netLibrary, ebrary, Ingram MyiLibrary, Dawson, Blackwell).

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).

I'm an active TPL digital borrower, and was not aware that the library deals directly with publishers on ebook purchases — the website list of digital services shows only intermediary services like OverDrive, Hoopla, etc..

Called Kindle Books by Alexa, the service allows the robotic voice of Alexa to read any book in your Kindle ebook library.

OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public libraries that offer digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington,... [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.

If that address matches the service area provided by the library a card is automatically assigned and you can begin to borrow audiobooks and ebooks right away.

About 3M Library Systems 3M Library Systems is committed to helping libraries thrive by providing cutting edge technologies including RFID, automated materials handling (AMH), self check and security solutions, as well as our latest innovation 3M Cloud Library, the fastest growing eBook Lending Service.

Penguin made waves in the eBook industry when it pulled out of Overdrive and all of the other services that facilitated the lending of eBooks via your local library.

The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.

The 3M Cloud Library Lending service is bringing Penguin ebooks back to select public libraries.

This includes libraries that are disappointed with competitor eBook collections due to low checkouts and fewer features,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's director of partner services.

Three public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty - five individual libraries, became the most recent of the eighty library systems across the country to benefit from 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their pateBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their patebook lending for their patrons.

Derbyshire County Council's libraries first started offering ebooks back in 2011 and is now starting a new service, that of eaudiobooks which users can download on their device and listen.

But with survey data from as recently as 2012 indicating that the majority of library patrons in the US didn't even know their public libraries could lend ebooks, despite the current numbers that 90 % of American libraries offer digital lending, there's an obvious disconnect between the services offered and patron adoption.

This is not to mention that with ebooks, the library doesn't actually own anything: they pay OverDrive (or another service) for the right to offer the book, plus they pay for the individual titles.

Overdrive intends on releasing a massive amount of metrics based on all of the schools and libraries that use their service for the facilitation of ebook and audiobook lending.

We have seen this transpire with eBook subscription services and getting involved in digital libraries.

Amazon is all set to unleash its Prime services in the UK which will enable Britishers to avail of unlimited access to Amazon's video library, next - day deliveries and ebooks downloads all as part of a single package that cost # 79 a year.

These services operate ebook checkout systems, and make it easy for libraries to purchase ebooks.

Encourage your local library to sign on with one of the many leading ebook aggregation services, such as Baker & Taylor Axis 360, 3M's Cloud Library, or Overdrive.

For Kindle owners, however, the service also provides access to a plethora of more than 800,000 ebooks via its lending library.

My public library's ebook collection runs heavily to bodice - rippers, so this service is worth it for me, and I like «free» as much as anybody.

Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library patrons.

Sending your ebook to multiple ebook retailers allows you to reach more readers, and when you use a service like EBSCO, you can distribute your book to libraries, too.

And when you tie POD in directly with distribution, as Ingram has done with IngramSpark ®, customers get POD service bundled with eBook distribution to 39,000 retail outlets and libraries.

In addition, the deal calls for distribution of Smashwords titles to Askew & Holts Library Services, which provides eBooks to more than 2,000 public libraries in the UK.

Personally, I'm still rather too attached to my paper to go all in on ebooks, but if I was going to, I think I'd be quite happy to subscribe if the service was good and the library extensive.

If I could hook all of their ebook retail services to Readmill so that all of my purchases are automatically added to my library, then I, as a consumer, can begin to treat them as a single market.

CDJapan just launched a new digital ebook service this week, with over 10,000 manga, books, photo books, light novels, and art books in their library available internationally.

I don't think individual library services should be concerning themselves with «ownership of titles» because there is no need to own ebooks in order to make them available for distribution.

This virtual session is perfect for libraries who have questions on digital eBooks, audiobooks and streaming video services.

It will also help to build on the success of our eBook service by reaching those people who are unable to access library buildings or traditional books,» said Councillor Ellie Wilcox, Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Communities.

Addressing these concerns will require OverDrive and our library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends school in service area, etc.).

According to the article, a Swedish library treats ebooks as a «service» with all ebook titles available to all the libraries patrons at all times, for free.

Many libraries servicing large metropolitan areas (like the Cleveland library network) already offer ebook borrowing.

OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public libraries that offer digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

3M's Cloud Library eBook Lending Service is now aligned with those goals to help libraries and their patrons.

«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.

Capti supports many popular file formats such as HTML, EPUB, PDF, and DOC that can be added to the Playlist from numerous sources, including the local computer, other iOS apps, Cloud storage services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive; read - it - later lists: Instapaper and Pocket; and, now, also the Project Gutenberg eBook library.