Sentences with phrase «public ebook access»

In a digital world vendors like Overdrive become an added barrier to public ebook access.

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The eBook Store from Sony, together with Google, today announced it is providing access to more than 1 million free public domain books - from classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to biographies, historical...

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.

The Axis 360 Browser Reader will allow public and school libraries can utilize web ‐ access terminals as ebook reading stations so library patrons do not need to bring their own devices to read e-books at the library.

One of the polarizing issues in the U.S. ebook market right now is the conflict over public library access to ebook titles for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford access to new and bestselling ebook titles to library patrons in Spain.

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 consoPublic 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 consopublic 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.

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.

Library patrons will be able to access eBooks remotely utilizing public - library compatible reading devices.

Included in this report was U.S. public libraries providing access to ebooks — which was 65.9 %

To facilitate greater access to the free tools of ebook publishing and distribution, Los Gatos Public Library last week rolled out a new co-branded publishing portal (managed by Smashwords), which allows local writers to publish and distribute ebooks at no cost.

Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library patrons.

The Overdrive Media Station will enable in - library access to eBooks on touchscreen monitors and existing public Internet workstations.

Subscribers to World Book eBooks receive 24/7 unlimited simultaneous access to the entire collection, enabling school librarians and public librarians to offer World Book eBooks at all times to all users ---- no holds or waiting.

For a short period of time, and on a limited important topic such as public health (i.e. Diabetes or Heart Health Awareness), might a suite of non-fiction library eBooks be made available to all who wished to access them without the waiting queue that can make library eBooks cumbersome to access?

There are other libraries that follow the same sort of paid membership access to ebooks, including Fairfax County Library in Virginia, Houston Public Library in Texas, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina, and the Monroe County Library in New York.

It's taken nearly four years, but the time has finally come for the Digital Public Library of America — a nonprofit, grassroots organization aimed at better access to ebooks for all readers — to launch its pilot program.

What can ALA and other large library organizations do to further improve the public's access to ebooks and other digital content in the United States?

As a part of its Digital Library Community Project, San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) created digital wallpapers — virtual bookshelves that give patrons access to ebooks by simply scanning a QR code with a smartphone — that can be placed throughout the... Continue reading Digital Wallpapers Open Doors →

«On behalf of public libraries across the country, we're speaking out on this important issue in the hope it will lead to more access to e-book content for all Canadians,» said Pilar Martinez, Chair of the Canadian Library Association's Ebook Task Force and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Edmonton Public Lipublic libraries across the country, we're speaking out on this important issue in the hope it will lead to more access to e-book content for all Canadians,» said Pilar Martinez, Chair of the Canadian Library Association's Ebook Task Force and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Edmonton Public LiPublic Library.

New collaboration provides libraries access to large, interactive library of multilingual eBooks and other digital content Denver, CO, March 29, 2018 — Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital -LSB-...]

Many public libraries offer Ebooks now, got three different library cards just to have access to their Ebook library.

New York state residents who do not have a Brooklyn Public Library card and would like access to only the eBook collection may apply for an eCard.

Google eBooks and the corresponding eBookstore launched Dec. 6 to let consumers search for and access more than 2 million public domain books for free, or purchase any of hundreds of thousands of titles from 4,000 - plus publishers.

hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide patrons with online and mobile access to the service's collection of more than 600,000 eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV shows, music, and more.

According to the ReadersFirst website, libraries have a responsibility to fight for the public and ensure that users have the same open, easy, and free access to ebooks that they have come to rely on with physical books.

So far, this idea has not raised a lot of concerns from publishers who may just be happy that their works are out there for the reading public to enjoy, as OverDrive is still operating under the one - user check - out model in which only one patron at a time can access each ebook.

More than 15,000 public and university libraries acquire patron access to ebooks and audio downloads through OverDrive's catalog, and Penguin reiterated the decision it made several months ago when it announced that it would no longer allow new titles to be placed in OverDrive's catalog.

OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.

Some of the items mentioned specifically in the report involve the access to ebooks for consumers, especially in public libraries that currently do not have ebook lending capabilities.

GoodEReader has been following the workings of a non-profit group, Worldreader, and their efforts to bring digital readers and ebooks to outlying areas that are currently limited in terms of access to books, especially for public school students.

The details of the deal aren't public, but the NYT specu - reports that Amazon probably «demanded that no other e-book vendors, such as Apple, get preferential access to new titles, or any kind of pricing advantages» and maybe asked for the ability of Kindle users to lend out ebooks, which would be awesome.

If you can minimize your need for typing, and don't mind a bit of ergonomic discomfort, the ad - supported Amazon Kindle with Wi - Fi is a great eReader choice, offering useful features such as public library access to eBooks and Kindle - to - Kindle lending.

The store's Library Finder application continues to provide easy access to local public libraries to borrow eBooks for free.

The Bluefire Reader lets you access public library ebooks and ebooks purchased through various online ebook stores.

As outlined in the DCWG report «Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries» (PDF file), libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for librarEbook Business Models for Public Libraries» (PDF file), libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for librarebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for librarebook contract variables for libraries).

LIVE has provided statewide ebook access to North Carolina's public and academic libraries since the early days of NetLibrary.

Through The eBook Store from Sony (ebookstore.sony.com), users can also access more than one million free public domain books from Google.

This app isn't just an ebook reader, but a great way to access ebooks and other media from your local public library.

While the publishers who treat ebooks as printed books make most of their sales to the public and are rightfully concerned that school and library sales will erode the consumer sales that they need to survive, the publishers who have developed and champion the unlimited simultaneous use with perpetual access model sell only to or principally to school libraries.

Since 2008, that system has allowed public library patrons access to ebooks no matter which of the 15 branches they belong to.

To access the public domain books, owners of Sony's PRS - 505 or PRS - 700 readers will need to install the PC software and create an account on the eBook Store if they don't already have one.

Despite Lexcycle COO Neelan Choksi's many public statements against DRM, the company agreed to support Adobe's DRM technology to gain access to the ebooks that use it.

During the 2016 Public Library Association conference in Denver, a panel updated attendees on the library ebook lending market and offered ideas to help patrons access more digital content.

The Biggest Selection Worldwide: Access the Kobo store featuring over 2.2 million eBooks plus, borrow the latest eBooks from public libraries or purchase from any store that supports the ePub standard.

Public libraries in particular have struggled with ebooks for the past 20 years because many ebook models don't allow simultaneous access.

Our Public Library eBook Collection gives you convenient access to thousands of acclaimed eBooks from the award - winning Facts On File, Chelsea House, Ferguson's, and Bloom's imprints at a fraction of the cost of purchase.

A FREZ turns public and private spaces into open virtual libraries, providing people with free and uninterrupted access to ebooks through sponsorships.

The phone interface offers access to more public domain books than Sony's eBook Store: up to 1.5 million in the U.S. and 500,000 elsewhere, according to Google.

Borrowing eBooks has Never Been Easier: Readers can easily connect to their local public libraries right from their Kobo Aura ONE with built - in, one - touch OverDrive library lending access *.

The ebook library lending policies of the Big Six publishers garner most of the attention, because public libraries regard access to best - selling titles as a critical service.