Sentences with phrase «public library patrons»

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

What we would get is a lot of popular content of the type that public library patrons read, popular genre fiction of all types.

With over 40,000 public library patrons currently reading the title, it would seem so.

Back in the day when I was a regular public library patron, publishers didn't just publish for the money either.

That university probably has more resources for academic journals, but may or may not allow public library patrons to use those resources.

The 3M e-readers were also on hand, devices that are designed for public library patrons who do not already have a digital reading enabled device to enjoy the convenience of ebook lending.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers of reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

For more proof that the DPLA and typical public library patrons live on different planets, just look at the Alexa graph to the right — showing how how few people are now visiting the DPLA's Web site.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers to reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

3) since public library patrons are skewed, economically, to the less affluent among us, ebooks and particularly female authored ebooks may not get into everyone's hands until ebook tech (ereaders) will be borrowable.

Currently, a large number of publishers have prevented or pulled their titles from eBook lending catalogs, the platforms that enable public library patrons to borrow digital editions of books on their own reading - enabled devices.

E-book platform OverDrive, which enables distribution of digital materials to libraries, schools, and retailers around the world, has partnered with self - publishing service Smashwords to provide public library patrons with access to two hundred thousand titles by eighty thousand different independent authors.

LibraryCity recognizes the current usefulness of paper books for public library patrons such as mothers reading to toddlers, as well as the countless other people for whom digital technology is not at present a complete solution.

But a step in the right direction toward equal access to content for public library patrons has been made in the UK through Google's sponsoring partnership with Bloomsbury's Public Library Online.

txtr has made news recently for its technological support to the 3M cloud - based library lending system which will allow public library patrons to borrow e-books on their own devices and to devices that libraries can loan out to patrons who do not have their own reading - specific device.

Now, in addition to the current inventory of romance titles and thrillers from Minotaur books, public library patrons can enjoy best - selling, classic and high - demand titles from all Macmillan imprints such as Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, Macmillan Children's, St. Martin's Press and Tor.

There's been a particular thread about commercial fiction and public library patrons.

In my recent opportunity to work with this Committee, I have been impressed and gratified by the number of University Press titles that are likely to be well received by the public library patron.

Public library patrons are generally younger adults, those with higher income and education levels, and those who are internet users.