This loosens the limitations of interlibrary loan — a primary library service that is excluded in
most ebook license agreements.
Not exact matches
The program makes several of its
most popular children's and middle grade titles available through
ebook distributors Booksource, Follett, Mackin Educational Resources, and Perma - Bound, allowing classrooms to purchase a one - year
license for the book as many schools already have systems in place to finance software
licenses.
When you get to the final tab in the KDP publishing process — Kindle
eBook Pricing — after Amazon tries to lure you into its fools - gold KDP Select program and asks you what territories you hold the distribution rights for (in
most cases, «All territories» — unless you've
licensed some away), there's a panel titled Royalty and Pricing — the cause of our anxiety.
Read it» without having to purchase another
license for
most ebooks I find them a bit less convenient (though the «big book issue definitely does come up)
One of the big issues facing public libraries is how to handle the
ebook revolution when
most of the «Big 6» publishers will not
license ebooks to libraries under any conditions.
Due to the price of the
ebooks,
most libraries are nervous about
licensing too many, especially since they have to continuously pay to keep the book in stock.
If the current status quo (Kindle in the lead and Nook and Sony Reader eating up
most of the rest of the market) continues then we will see rival eReader companies try to use an exchange system («
ebook ownership for life») to beat locked - in formats («
ebook license for one device / platform»).