Not exact matches
At the same time, a
national digital public
library system could actually strengthen local
libraries since local librarians could still play up the material most relevant to their patrons and could
buy content from outside the
national system.
If you want to become your own publisher you can
buy your own ISBNs and then publish the book on all the different retail sites retaining full control of your own book and ensuring it registration with your own country's
National library.
Patrons can recommend
buying a title not in the local collection, and librarians can manage when to trigger an acquisition; there are «
buy links» to about 300
national and local independent booksellers which generate credits back to the local
library's OverDrive account (3 to 8 percent); and there are recommendation services.