Sentences with phrase «public library lending»

With the importance both companies have placed on digital publishing in the past, it could potentially spur the movement to increase the availability of ebooks for public library lending.

In America, where around three - quarters of public libraries lend e-books, each of the «big six» publishers has a different policy.

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.

Amazon launched its own public library lending tie - in, which differs on a branch - to - branch basis.

Amazon launched its own public library lending tie - in, which differs on a branch - to - branch basis.

Kobo's latest e-reader offers waterproofing and automatic blue - light exposure control, but misses a trick by omitting public library lending support.

Note there are already at least 3 New Zealand Public Libraries lending Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks.

Sony continues to offer its popular and critically - acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from over 15,000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive, simple - to - use dedicated icon on the device.

MR. FRANK SESNOMore than three - quarters of the nation's public libraries lend books electronically, a fact not widely known among the reading public.

By establishing distribution deals with not only all of the major ebook retailers and a host of often overlooked, lesser known retail platforms, Smashwords has also inked distribution deals with Scrib, Oyster, and OverDrive, giving indie authors the chance to put their works in subscription - based and public library lending opportunities.

Public Libraries Lend Record Numbers of Digital Content From Overdrive's Press Release: Rakuten OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform available to millions of readers from over 40,000 libraries and -LSB-...].

Although 71 % of British public libraries lend out e-books, 85 % of e-book titles are not available in public libraries, according to Mr Bradley.

These findings are striking because more than three - quarters of the nation's public libraries lend e - books.1

But it's not hard to see why U.S. and U.K. lawmakers remain interested in the episode: It's almost like Facebook was a local public library lending out massive hard drives of music, but warning people not to copy any of it to their home computer.

I am very happy that Penguin has come back to the table to make their eBooks available for public library lending.

In addition to being tied to Sony's Reader bookstore, the Reader Wi - Fi supports public library lending in the United States and Canada, and it has a menu option for easily accessing free Google Books.

(The Digital Economy Act 2010 passed by the previous government did include Section 43 which amends copyright for some public library lending.)

Step 1: Find out if the public library lends out Kindle books.

About 40 library regions have signed up with OverDrive, the US service provider that currently leads the market in public library lending.

The arrangement for public library lending is between Overdrive and the publishers.

Amazon is using the Paperwhite to launch the Kindle Lending Library in the UK (one free title every month) but there's still no public library lending (one of the strongest features of Kindle's competitors) and you can't lend books to other Kindle users for 14 days, as in the US.

Asked if their public library lent e-books to patrons, 63 % of those ages 16 and older who do not already read or borrow e-books from libraries are unable to say if the library does or does not lend them.

As our previous report noted, even though the American Library Association reports that 76 % of public libraries lend e-books to patrons, most Americans are not sure whether or not their local library offers this service.16 When we asked if their public library lent e-books to patrons, 52 % of respondents ages 16 - 29 who do not already read or borrow e-books from libraries did not know if their library lends e-books.

A complementary specification named «License Status Document» was then specified with the help of the New York Public Library (NYPL); this specification adds dynamic features to Readium LCP, specifically useful for a public library lending use case.

One of the use cases we have to deal with in the publishing world is public library lending.