The publisher has imposed a 26 loan limit
on ebooks licensed to libraries, at that point the license will expire and a new license will have to be purchased to enable further loans.
The publisher has imposed a 26 loan limit
on ebooks licensed to libraries, at that...
Other pilot terms are expected to continue, including a one - year expiration date
on ebooks licensed to libraries and library... Continue reading Penguin Revisits Library Pilot Terms →
Also in the discussions was the policy
on ebook licensing rights that allow libraries to retain ownership after purchasing a digital title for their catalogs through 3M, even if opting to select a competitor for ebooks later on.
Not exact matches
About 15 volunteers compile Creative Commons -
licensed writings by popular bloggers into
ebook format using Pressbooks.com, then publish them
on the freetamilebooks.com site.
You hereby grant to Barnes & Noble, its distributors, licensees and partners a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable right and
license to make your
eBooks available for sale, marketing, display, distribution and promotion in any commercially available electronic or digitized format or
on any electronic device platform whether now existing or hereafter created or developed.
For highly designed titles, a digital production expert will also encourage typographical choices that can be maintained in the
ebook — slamming the door
on PostScript fonts or opening up the already
ebook -
licensed OTF / TTF cabinet for designers.
-- FeedBooks — an interesting site that focuses
on ebooks that are free or
licensed under the open Creative Commons
license.
From
licensing agreements over how many
ebook checkouts a single library can use to how to put audio content
on patrons» personal devices, the options have been not only limited, they've been somewhat cost prohibitive.
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 consortium.
This
License Agreement permits you to install the
ebook on any and all your devices for your personal use only.
After approval, we made substantial additional investments in
licensing fees, integration fees, and server fees so that we could open our
ebook store
on December 2, 2010.
I don't know of one author that we haven't reverted when the
license was up, assuming we were out or low
on stock and only selling minimal amounts of
ebooks.
Your web site says that the Hamster
ebook converter program is based
on calibre which is
licensed under the GNU GPL v3.
Since the very premise of Google
eBooks is for people to read the ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the techn
eBooks is for people to read the
ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the techn
ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to
license the technology.
Additionally, she briefly discussed future plans for a Subscription - based
licensing of
ebooks, as well as the recently launched initiative to
license select titles to classrooms
on a one - year time frame.
-LSB-...][publishing] Books as
licenses â $ «print and
ebooks both jlake.com8 Feb 2010 by Jay One thread of the ongoing
ebook discussion
on the Internet has been the perception of a lot of readers (including, possibly, reporters at Wired) that
ebooks.
The problem with the
ebook licenses is they try to impose additional restrictions
on the reader (usually via DRM) that go way beyond those imposed by the normal copyright law that applies to print books.
But at the American Library Association annual conference (ALA 2011) this week, HarperCollins was a willing participant in open discussions with the ALA task force business meeting and will even be contributing a publisher's perspective
on the ALA task force's FAQ site
on ebook lending and
licensing.
The ability to continue to use a book
on a reading platform; to move it from one platform to another (say, in replacing an old reader with a new one); or to transfer a
license, if permitted, all depend
on the
ebook provider continuing to exist and operating the necessary infrastructure to validate your
license.
In February 2011, HarperCollins Publishers made a startling announcement that rocked the library world: it would impose a restriction
on ebook titles limiting them to twenty - six individual check - outs, after which time the
license would expire and the library would have to repurchase the title.
I thought some publishers also had — or were thinking about implementing — restrictions
on how many times an
ebook could be checked out before the library would be required to buy a new copy /
license.
Customer hereby grants to BBS the non-exclusive, worldwide
license to print, publish, distribute, and sell the Book in print and
eBook form (if Customer requests and purchases separate
eBook layout) in the English language
on behalf of Customer.
For a story, it might have been written
on paper (or not), but you can
license or sell it as a paperback, as a hardcover, in English, in Polish, in
ebook, in Indian translation, in audio, as the basis for a movie, a play, or tv show, or all of the above.
We hope more publishers will consider
ebook business models that
license ebooks to libraries
on reasonable terms at fair prices.
Copyright
Licensing Ltd has formed a venture to digitise New Zealand books and make them available to the New Zealand reading public
on new digital reading devices, including
ebook readers and smartphones, Apple's iPhone and the forthcoming Google Android phones.
«In their last complete fiscal year, public libraries independently purchased or
licensed a mean of 1,933
ebook volumes (median 565) and spent
on average $ 57,342 (median $ 13,002)
on them,» the report explains.
In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with a platform that will allow publishers to set their
ebook licensing terms for libraries
on a title - by - title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with an
ebook sales platform that will allow publishers to set their
licensing terms for libraries
on a title - by - title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing library circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
In a move that was wildly unpopular amongst librarians it appended its own rule
on top of the one - book - one -
license framework, forcing libraries to renew its
license of any given
ebook after 26 circulations.
As U.S. District Judge Denise Cote prepares to issue a verdict
on the Department of Justice's proposed
ebook pricing settlement with three publishers, she has granted two parties that oppose the settlement — the Authors Guild and attorney and
licensing expert Bob Kohn — permission to weigh in as amici curiae, or «friends of the court.»
And, for your peace of mind, every free
ebook download is legally authorized and
licensed by the author for worldwide publication by obooko, so you can be certain that all books
on obooko may be downloaded legally.
If we do a query
on Google of a random text strings in your book (and yes, we do this to test the originality of your work), and we discover the same content under other author names, or associated with private label article (also called «Private Label Rights or PLR») or
ebook licensing systems, your account will be closed without warning and all earnings will be forfeited, per the Terms of Service.
Instead
ebooks are considered services, and services are
licensed on terms that need to be negotiated between the licensor and the licensee.
About the DRM - free part: I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
on Pottermore Shop yesterday and here's what I found: sending the book to my Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com accounts was fairly simple — and I was quickly able to read the book
on my Kindle Fire, first - gen Nook 3G, and the Nook app
on my Android phone. However, when I downloaded the epub file to my PC I found I couldn't read it using either the free Calibre ereader software (which told me «This file is locked by DRM») or Adobe Digital Editions, which Pottermore Shop actually recommends for reading its Harry Potter ebooks. When I attempted to read the
ebook in Adobe Digital Editions I got a pop - up box telling me «Document is
licensed for a different user account».
Perma - Bound Perusall Philosophical Library FTP Physio Pinson Communications Playster Pletos Powells Premiere Collectibles ProQuest
Ebook Central Prosperos Books Publicaciones Digitales SA Publish
on Demand Global Publishers
Licensing Society Pubmatch QBend Qbon Quality Books Quanta Questia Quidsi Inc..
All of the Big Six publishers are now working with libraries
on ebook lending in some capacity, but pricing and
licensing terms remain unfavorable in many cases, Saturday's «ALA,
Ebooks, and Digital Content: What's Next?»
We have implemented some of these in Books4Spain (exclusively online and specialising in books about Spain)-- both
on the website and
on our blog, for example: independent «expert» reviews author interviews and links to them and author blog from book result page
on our website ability to but non DRM
ebooks and Kindle books direct Win books competitions Lots of added value content
on blog Our favourites, special offers, recommended books, popular books and featured authors
on website All this via a software platform which we have developed in - house and re Hildick - Smith warning that entering digital book retail is very, very expensive — that is not necessarily the case since we intend to
license our software platform
on a white label ASP basis to other independents (retailers and publishers) at a very reasonable price.
Fastcase Advance Sheets are a series of
eBooks the company will be releasing for free
on iPad, Kindle, Android, and Nook devices under a Creative Commons
license.
If you want more information, check out our FREE 20 page
eBook on what to do when you find out your
license is suspended.