Sentences with phrase «on ebooks in libraries»
Skip Dye, vice president, director of library and academic marketing and sales for Random House, discusses the publisher's views on ebooks in libraries as part of a series of Q&A s leading up to «The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond,» LJ's third annual ebook summit on Wednesday, October 17.
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/
(For libraries see my posts on ebooks in libraries.)
By holding the center button down on an ebook in the library you can choose the default program to open the book.
Not exact matches
On the list of your books, include title, subtitle, ISBN (s), versions it is availble in (Paperback, hardcover, library, audio, ebook, pdf, etc.), synopsis, awards, reviews.
We chose to sit in on the panel «The Tipping Point: How eBooks Impact Libraries, Publishers and Readers» with Barbara Fister, Eli Neiburger and Steve Potash.
School and public librarians from around NEKLS participated in Library Journal's virtual summit «ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point» upstairs on September 29.
As I said in a previous post, once again I'm dependent on public library borrows for most of my books, and though they have access to some eBooks through Overdrive, most of the books I'm looking for are not among them.
You have to go to the library, maybe the book has been checked out and you have to come back another time... With ebooks, you sit on your couch in your living room and go to the library website, see if the library has it... You get the book, read it, return it and get another, all without paying a thing... How is that a good model for us?»
Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.
In fact, 56 of their public library partners have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts (eBooks and audiobooks) year to date in 2017, with 7 more well on their way to meeting this milestone prior to year end (compared to 49 total in 2016In fact, 56 of their public library partners have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts (eBooks and audiobooks) year to date in 2017, with 7 more well on their way to meeting this milestone prior to year end (compared to 49 total in 2016in 2017, with 7 more well on their way to meeting this milestone prior to year end (compared to 49 total in 2016in 2016).
Today the Axis 360 platform now allows library patrons to have access to all library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.
With all of the emphasis on digital content in libraries, it is odd that ebooks were severely underrepresented.
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...]
So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.
The concerns raised by some parties are that the ease of ebook borrowing to handheld devices will have a dramatic impact on libraries, specifically in a massive reduction of the numbers of patrons who need to actually go to their local community libraries.
The new eBooks will be available for libraries to purchase on April 2nd and should give a dramatic boost in the sheer amount of great new reads for patrons.
The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.
Staff created this program to reach out to library customers and provide readers advisory focused on «hidden gems» in the eBook collection.
Derbyshire County Council's libraries first started offering ebooks back in 2011 and is now starting a new service, that of eaudiobooks which users can download on their device and listen.
While their methods will vary on how they choose to improve ebook lending of their titles, only Simon & Schuster remains the only major US publisher that is not releasing its ebook titles for public library lending in any way.
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.
The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London today, and one of the announcements from the event was that the group, joined by OverDrive's CEO Steve Potash, addressed the British House of Commons on the importance and the data of ebook lending.
Since the CLA does not have a voice in government, many smaller libraries banded together on a grassroots level to launch the «Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing»libraries banded together on a grassroots level to launch the «Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing»Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing» website.
Barbara Stripling, president of the American Library Association weighed in on Right to E-Read «The «ebook» problem is all too familiar to ALA and U.S. libraries, so we empathize with our European colleagues.
According to Library Journal's «2013 Report on E-Books in Public Libraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a coLibraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a colibraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a consortium.
According to a press release on this second installment in the Big Library Read, «Based on the success of the first Big Library Read in May, schools were invited for the first time to join public libraries to enjoy the benefits of no - cost, simultaneous access to a popular children's eBook.
The Kobo desktop app comes in handy for setting up your new Kobo Aura HD, shopping the Kobo eBookstore, reading on your computer, and managing your growing eBook library.
For example, you might sign up with Pronoun (because they offer the best royalties on Amazon ebook sales), but then add in Smashwords to get the library market that Pronoun doesn't cover.
With an ebook reader, you can fit your personal library on a thinner - than - paperback - size device — one that's easy to toss in a bag and hold one - handed — and recharge only every few weeks.
As I've started reorganizing my ebook library to settle it in on the Kindle, I've been reminded of one thing about reading on an e-ink device which isn't quite as nice.
The Kobo Aura ONE features a 7.8 inch HD Carta E Ink touchscreen; 8 GB of on - board memory to hold up to 6,000 eBooks; ComfortLight PRO technology to reduce blue - light exposure and protect eyes for the best nighttime reading experience; built - in, one - touch OverDrive library lending access; and waterproof HZO Protection ™.
In a special report [pdf] released in July 2010 on ebooks for public libraries, the Council of State Library Agencies (COSLA) endorsed the exploration of OPDS CatalogIn a special report [pdf] released in July 2010 on ebooks for public libraries, the Council of State Library Agencies (COSLA) endorsed the exploration of OPDS Catalogin July 2010 on ebooks for public libraries, the Council of State Library Agencies (COSLA) endorsed the exploration of OPDS Catalogs.
Ebooks are disrupting business models left and right (even Amazon took it on the chin when Macmillan dared to stand up to them way back in January 2010), and no matter how much everyone loves (or claims to love) libraries, they're not immune.
Also Self - E claims «Over 50 percent of all library users go on to purchase ebooks by an author they were introduced to in the library.»
Not to spit on publishing, but seriously, what to do about ebooks and slim profit margins pales in comparison to the cultural impact libraries have and the financial challenges they're currently facing.
In July 2010, The Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) released a report [pdf] on recommendations for ebooks in public librarieIn July 2010, The Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) released a report [pdf] on recommendations for ebooks in public librariein public libraries.
In essence, Library Journal can sell our ebooks to libraries without compensating us at all — looking very much like another corporation finding a way to make money by stepping on the little guy.
Two years after «standing up» to Amazon by handing Apple instant market share in the ebook space, and jumping through hoops to supply every other harebrained ebook startup with shoddily formatted content, with nary a thought given to device interoperability nor optimal user experiences, and in the wake of the # 2 domestic book retailer finally going bankrupt, libraries have seemingly become the one kid on the playground publishers think they can bully into submission.
Personally, I'm still rather too attached to my paper to go all in on ebooks, but if I was going to, I think I'd be quite happy to subscribe if the service was good and the library extensive.
Pressbooks Public is an indie author platform that turns public libraries into writing centers for local authors, helping them to format their books for distribution in library collections, and commercial ebook and print - on - demand channels.
The company is citing «security concerns ``, much in the same way that Harper Collins cited the «need to protect their authors» when they imposed the 26 - circulation cap on library ebook lending back in February 2011.
The Overdrive Media Station will enable in - library access to eBooks on touchscreen monitors and existing public Internet workstations.
Libraries are an emerging battleground in the ebook market and it is time to place more focus on them.
The publishers, in turn, agree to make all new ebook titles available to the library on release.
Powered by OverDrive for its member libraries and documented in terms of impact on sales by Sourcebooks, the program is going to attempt to demonstrate once - and - for - all the effects of letting people borrow an ebook.
If we did that libraries could participate in the construction and refinement of it and we know that every publisher in the world would put all their ebooks on it.
When the Big Six publishers pulled their ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.
Due to the importance of the topic at hand, namely, reforming the way publishers and libraries work together on ebook lending, Coates has made his notes available to the media in order to understand the sweeping calls he is making for both sides.
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.
Their efforts make it possible for library patrons all over the country to enjoy ebooks on portable devices as part of their membership in their local libraries.