Sentences with phrase «library lending via»

It's unfortunate that Penguin's move comes on the heels of Amazon allowing library lending via Kindles.

After OverDrive's announcement that Penguin had decided to restore access to older titles for library lending via Kindle, Penguin released a statement that this will only be in effect through the end of the year, unless concerns about unnamed security issues are resolved (see last line)

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About the only two arguments I've heard for piracy being good are anecdotes from authors who seem to mistake correlation with causality (sales increased by 100 % since being pirated), and those comparing it to book lending via libraries or in book clubs.

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.

Most libraries participating in digital lending of books via Overdrive normally have audiobooks and other content, too.

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

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.

In light of the need to reduce staff and cut operating hours, ebook lending becomes more vital than ever, especially under systems that allow patrons to browse for ebooks via the library websites and borrow them directly through the online portal for web - based or device agnostic reading.

Kindles: Amazon has a larger catalog of modern books because amazon has been in the e-book market longer than anyone other.They have 2,00,000 Kindle exclusive e-books with many from the famous authors who publish directly via amazon.There are not many choices to buy e-books for the kindle from other stores or free book sites.The bought books are stored in the cloud.Just keep the local copies of the books.You can also lend a book to a friend once for 14 days.Amazon also has kindle lending library which is currently available only to amazon prime subscribers.Thus via this service borrow books and read without buying.You can also read e-books loaned from the public libraries.Getting the loaded books onto the device is simpler on kindle unlike the nook.The books can easily be downloaded wirelessly via whisper sync service (an AT&T 3G powered connection).

Amazon has released a new library lending program via Overdrive partners.

Sony continues to offer its popular and critically - acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from over 15,000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive, simple - to - use dedicated icon on the device.

Working with vendor OverDrive, which manages e-book lending for the vast majority of public libraries, the deal will make thousands of titles available via more than 11,000 of OverDrive's public library partners.

Like many of you, we have wondered what Penguin means by saying they are re-evaluating lending eBooks via libraries because of «security risks.»

Overdrive is the main platform used for lending ebooks via most libraries based in the United States and Canada.

Amazon is offering strong incentives to independent authors who agree to have their new titles published exclusively through their imprint, via access to Amazon's e-book lending library.

The intersection of a flattening e-Book market and the changing face of what some consider an endangered public library system is also seeing the potential for greater e-Book lending via the library.

Beginning in October, pilot libraries throughout the state of Colorado will offer eBooks to their communities via different channels for eBook lending.

The most borrowed eBooks and Audiobooks from libraries list is based on data from 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide that lend eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media via the OverDrive platform.

Amazon (s amzn) is trying hard to reinvent the library for the digital age, by offering e-book lending through the Kindle via a «Netflix for books» (s nflx) monthly subscription, as well as by offering Kindle e-books through a public - library lending program it launched earlier this year.

Though it doesn't have the Kindle's audio capabilities (MP3) or text - to - speech functionality or any sort of peer lending features (with both the Kindle and Nook you can lend out certain titles you own), all the other core elements are here: there's a built - in e-book store that allows you to add titles right from the device via Wi - Fi, and it supports EPUB, PDF files, and e-book lending from your local library (Adobe DRM).

In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive's relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the «Get for Kindle» functionality for all Penguin ebooks.

I borrowed it via Interlibrary loan and quickly read it, sending it back to the nice library in Florida that lent it to my library.

Our library has given or lent our books to W.S. Hein to help develop its World Constitutions Illustrated and World Trials Library via HeinOnline.