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.
Not exact matches
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.
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... [Read more...]
The State
Library of Kansas has offered Bilbary the
opportunity to sell e-books to its patrons as a first step in a program that is intended to provide subsidized
lending of e-books in the US
public library service.
Today OverDrive announced that their Big Library Read is coming back next month, which is a global ebook club of sorts that gives people around the world an
opportunity to read the same ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 +
public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's ebook
lending program.
We know that
public libraries enhance the sale of books; but does this benefit outweigh publisher concerns about piracy and the business
opportunity to sell the same content over and over again, monetizing
library lending?