Having more digital materials available was high on the list, and many said that they would love to have
more ebooks available, as well as tablets and e-readers for checkout.
As we begin to see more and
more ebooks available in digital only, who will care whether those books are available in the future?
In the last couple of years, we've seen more and
more ebooks available in stores (more competition), we've seen adjustments to the Amazon algorithms that make it harder to «stick» at the tops of categories, and we've seen reports that ebook sales are no longer growing (at least in the U.S.).
And the good Laura Hazard Owen in Big - 5 publisher Macmillan makes many
more ebooks available to libraries at GigaOM did us the favor of a quick wrap on where the other major US publishers now stand on library ebook lending:
Once new writers learn how to publish their books like professionals, there will be more and
more eBooks available in the market.
Earlier this year, eBooks for Libraries stared a petition drive asking publishers to make
more ebooks available.
«It not only allows patrons to discover and instantly enjoy our titles, it also allows all eRC libraries to make
more eBooks available to their patrons for download without paying for the books upfront.»
Not exact matches
It's a wonderful deal:
more than $ 1000 worth of
ebooks and other great stuff, all for only $ 37, and all
available for immediate download to your computer as soon as you purchase the bundle.
To read
more about starting solids, try the new Super Baby Food
ebook available on Super Baby Food.com.
Read
more about how insecure attachment affects us from childhood through adulthood, and how it may be affecting your relationships today, and what to do about that — both for yourself and for your children — in the new
ebook, Attachment Matters,
available only through Attachment Parenting International (API).
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has
more than 3 million materials
available for borrowing through the 37 branch and bookmobile system including downloadable
eBooks, music and video, DVDs and books on CD.
The Library System has
more than 2.6 million materials
available for borrowing including books,
eBooks, DVDs, music and
more.
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has
more than 3 million materials
available for borrowing through the 37 - branch system including downloadable
eBooks, music and video, DVDs and books on CD.
The Library System currently has
more than 13,600
eBook volumes in all genres
available for borrowing.
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has
more than 3 million materials
available for borrowing including books,
eBooks, DVDs, music and
more.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries have
more than 3 million materials
available for borrowing including books,
eBooks, DVDs, music and
more.
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has
more than 3 million materials
available for borrowing through the 37 - branch system including downloadable
eBooks and music, DVDs and books on CD.
Below I've given you a snapshot of whats
available and you will find even
more throughout the site and via the Free Content Lybrary where as a member you can read premium content, download
Ebooks and enter contests, all for free.
Find this exercise and many
more designed to strengthen and stretch your feet in the new Foot
Ebook available here.
We'll be making all NYNB content
available exclusively in
eBook form for $ 105 — a price we think is waaaaaay
more reflective of what you're getting for your money.
For
more information please download my free
EBook which is also
available on my TES shop.
Learn
more about scannable technology with Monica's book Deeper Learning With QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom now
available in paperback and
ebook format.
For educators who would like to find
more lessons and primary source materials to teach this history, Facing History has developed a complete unit,
available in print,
ebook and free PDF.
Written by
more than 120 freshman English students at Los Gatos High, Windows to the Teenage Soul is an an electronic poetry anthology — an
Ebook —
available worldwide through Smashwords, on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, KOBO and Apple's iBook store.
This month, it was the turn of
ebooks: six science fiction and fantasy titles
available at the purchaser - defined price, with those paying above average unlocking seven
more, including Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's acclaimed Signal to Noise.
Whether you publish your book in hard back, paperback, or in one of the many
eBook formats currently
available, unless you take
more care, it won't be long before you become ignored as a writer, or worse, totally forgotten.
For these
more sophisticated
eBooks, users will need to be navigated through the choices
available to them.
Sony's
eBook Store includes
more than 100,000 books, as well as a million free public - domain books
available from Google Inc. through its Google Books project.
For these
more sophisticated
eBooks, library users will, for discovery and collection management, want to know
more than just that a library
eBook is
available.
From the initial six hundred - plus titles that the publisher originally offered, Macmillan has now made
more than 12,000
ebooks available to school libraries for student lending.
The city council has earmarked
more than # 370k for the service dubbed Read Liverpool which has made
available more than 6,000
ebooks for free... [Read
more...]
This agreement will make
more than 5,000 technical, medical, and professional titles
available for
ebook lending;
more than 700 of these titles are recently published works.
(Logo: The Penguin collection is
available now through Titlewave, Follett's collection development, search and ordering tool that provides access to
more than 270,000
ebook titles to PreK - 12 schools nationwide.
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...]
NBT further revealed it will also be launching an
ebook store, details of which will be made
available during the upcoming New... [Read
more...]
Of the platform's 200,000 +
ebooks available for sale,
more than 10,000 titles have been included in the Entitle Christian service to date.
The city council has earmarked
more than # 370k for the service dubbed Read Liverpool which has made
available more than 6,000
ebooks for free download.
Accessing
eBooks is now easier than ever before; most publishers are starting to release all of their books in digital format, which makes them
more available as well as cheaper to produce.
The new
eBooks will be
available for libraries to... [Read
more...]
Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the
available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route,
ebook pricing, and
more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagement.
Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the
available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route,
ebook pricing, and... [Read
more...]
Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors» titles
available in libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided access to a massive backlist of
ebooks to... [Read
more...]
Like the publishing process itself, our service covers much
more than just book layout or
ebook conversion (though we do that too — you'll get Kindle and EPUB
ebook editions and, if you want, a printed edition made
available worldwide.)
As of today, The Big Sheep is
available in hardcover, Kindle, and various other
ebook formats (
more links at the end of this post).
You will be spoiled for choice from the
more than 1 million free
ebooks available in 8 subjects including biographies, mystery novels, romance and religion.
A little about me: I have two
ebooks indie published (one
available in print), a contract with a small press for a digital serial style series with the option of print on demand copies later, and
more ideas and drafts then I know what to do with other then publish them one at a time myself.
Meanwhile, please donate money, give your used print books and sponsor the purchase of
ebooks for your local public libraries so that ALL authors» work becomes
available to
more readers!
(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide
available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far
more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of
Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow au
Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging
ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow au
ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been
more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.
He goes through the patents filed by Amazon and Apple and doesn't quite find a solution, but believes that publishers and writers will find a common - ground that allows for used
eBooks to help writers make a living, while also making their work
more available and affordable.
In fact,
more and
more authors are focusing their sales and marketing efforts on their
eBook with the printed book being an «extra»
available for print book readers and bookstores through CreateSpace and / or Lightning Source.