Sentences with phrase «of digital library lending»

The second main element is an Overdrive shortcut, that takes you to the Sony website with a stripped down version of the digital library lending service.

In order for people to be more aware of digital library lending, two things need to happen.

An article for Mainichi.jp on the ups and down of digital library lending in Japan demonstrated some interesting parallels to what readers in other countries have faced when trying to shift into a digital lending mindset.

But according to data gathered this month based on users» ratings of digital library lending apps, OverDrive has come out as the clear favorite among patrons who reviewed the app.

Not exact matches

This is partly due to tight budgets but also stems from concerns by publishers and authors about how — indeed whether — libraries should lend digital editions of their books.

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...]

Just as libraries in the US have had to learn to navigate the sometimes frustrating world of digital content circulation, libraries in Japan have launched digital lending initiatives of their own.

Random House, whose price increase on digital versions of its titles for library lending, reiterated what can be great news for libraries, mainly that when a library purchases an ebook for lending to its patrons, that book is the property of the library.

Obviously libraries have been lending out physical books for hundreds of years but the digital frontier is evolving dramatically and many online retailers are struggling to adapt.

While the struggle for a satisfactory condition continues in the world of ebook lending for public libraries, some companies are still managing to make progress with digital catalogs.

It feels like every new step in the right direction also leads to a host of new problems and closures for public libraries where digital lending is concerned.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

The British government had formed a task force earlier this year to investigate the potential impact of ebook lending in order to consider mandating lending; the task force was made up of voices from various sectors in the book industry, but the news led to concerns that libraries would possibly suffer in an era of all - digital lending adoption.

Digital library lending is growing; over 45 % of libraries are reporting a loan increase in Canada, and the USA is reporting a 67 % increase.

The tremendous amount of apathy booksellers and publishers have for digital library lending is palpable.

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.

Overdrive is well known as the premier eBook content distribution platform that libraries use to facilitate the lending of digital books, audiobooks, videos and more.

Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in ebook lending programs.

From the very beginning of digital lending through libraries and personal consumer shares, publishers have been wary of the implications of ebook lending.

The essence of this new service is providing a digital content distribution system for libraries and hardware to facilitate the lending process.

As digital library lending continues to take root in public and school libraries, digital content solutions provider OverDrive has seen tremendous forward growth in the number of patron checkouts through libraries.

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

Overdrive is the company responsible for the facilitation of ebook lending from your local libraries in digital format.

Libraries have suffered under the weight of trying to offer digital lending to their patrons while still ensuring that bestselling and front list titles make it to their virtual shelves.

The company basically powers the digital lending capabilities of more than 33,000 separate libraries around the world, as one of their huge innovations was the ability to borrow content... [Read more...]

If the members of the 108 Study Group who are on the «library side» want greater flexibility for libraries to lend digital works, they may want to try to get exemptions to the 1201 anti-hacking law for library lending proposed and approved.

Penguin, which removed all of its e-books from libraries and ended its relationship with digital library distributor OverDrive in February, is tiptoeing back into the digital lending waters again.

NASHVILLE, TN — As more libraries develop digital programs as part of their core offering, Ingram Content Group Inc., today announced it has added a new content access model to its MyiLibrary ® e-content platform to provide libraries greater flexibility in e-book lending.

In a pilot program that will begin this year, Penguin has worked with Baker & Taylor, a distributor of print and digital books, to start e-book lending programs in the Los Angeles County library system, which will reach four million people, and the Cuyahoga County system in Ohio.

** For starters, libraries have had lots of information in digital form for years, but when their users started asking to borrow ebooks they found that the ebooks weren't available for purchase and lending.

The crux of the matter is that publishers often charge the companies that facilitate digital ebook lending for libraries an arm and a leg.

This emphasis on maintaining libraries comes alongside the introduction of digital lending provided by companies like OverDrive, Pressreader, and Zinio, which allow patrons to access ebooks, digital newspapers, and digital magazines without having to physically enter the library.

Currently, a large number of publishers have prevented or pulled their titles from eBook lending catalogs, the platforms that enable public library patrons to borrow digital editions of books on their own reading - enabled devices.

According to an article by Michael Kelley of The Digital Shift, Amazon launched its lending program in early November with only 5,000 titles — paltry compared to a public library's offering of titles through OverDrive, such as the Columbus Public Library's offering of over 17,000 ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following month.

From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.

Australia is one of Overdrive's burgeoning markets and they have seen many libraries adopt the digital lending model.

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.

«Public libraries utilizing OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of eBook, audiobook, music and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day.

A number of measures and the work of companies like OverDrive and 3M have allowed huge inroads in the lending market, and as 3M Library System's Matt Tempelis explained from the Frankfurt Book Fair, it's been a busy year for libraries and digital content providers.

We bantered about the new green space and the rise of digital ebooks and how a large Canadian library copes with lending to a large population.

In the same survey, 38 % of students from other countries did not know that their local libraries loaned ebooks, compared with only six percent in the UK, lending a lot of weight to Sayar's assessment that UK students just may be more familiar with where and how to access digital titles.

Peter Brantley will be leading a stellar panel exploring how libraries and publishers can work together to make digital reading and lending a win for all parties involved (including authors), and we'll be taking a look at the importance of copyright with the brilliant William Patry.

Publishers have imposed boycotts on ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending catalogs, all of which have all left libraries at odds with the publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for their patrons.

The first recommendation made was that libraries lending digital books to their members should be a service that is provided free of charge, and should be an essential function of the library service.

Sony's Readers have another feature that's not present in the Kindle: All of the devices are capable of displaying digital books that have been borrowed from thousands of public libraries that lend electronic books.

More libraries are starting to use the Overdrive system to facilitate the lending of digital books.

The 3M e-readers were also on hand, devices that are designed for public library patrons who do not already have a digital reading enabled device to enjoy the convenience of ebook lending.

In the ongoing tensions between major publishing houses and public libraries over ebook lending, patrons have lost out on the opportunity to borrow bestselling digital titles but it may prove to be the reason readers turn to some smaller publishers» works instead of the Big Six in the coming year.

All of this expansion serves to help libraries worldwide in their efforts to bring current digital content to their patrons, furthering the climate of digital publishing by enabling an ebook lending model that meets the publishers» and the consumers» needs.

Although OverDrive has been the ebook lending provider for over 15,000 public libraries for quite some time, the number of school libraries who rely on OverDrive for digital material is only in the hundreds.