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.
Not exact matches
But, the real mission is to share any book in an
ebook format
with a liberal
license.
Here are some book review and
ebook review sites I recommend at the moment: Complete Review (Translated fiction
with links to other reviews), Literary
License (new novels), Chamberfour.com (group literary review blog), Books Blog (Guardian group blog), Quarterly Conversation (extended book review essays), Black Sheep Dances (longer reviews of translated fiction), Mumpsimus (eclectic reviews of books and movies
with a slight preference for speculative stuff) and Mary Whipple's Seeing the World Through Books.
The problem
with ebooks limited to ecosystems is that even the single copy is
licensed.
Hugh's advice for publishers is to eliminate things that annoy him (non-compete clauses, length - of - copyright
licenses, New York City offices) and to lower prices, give away
ebooks with hardcover purchases, and pay authors monthly.
Others will not even allow libraries to purchase their digital editions,
with concerns over how the
ebooks will be
licensed to the libraries.
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.
«We developed the «Scorecard» to ensure that librarians have the information they need to better negotiate
ebook licensing agreements
with publishers,» said Erika Linke, co-chair of the DCWG's business models subgroup.
Before converting print books to
ebook formats, it is useful for an editor to page quickly through the book and provide a list of figures to exclude from the
ebook version, replaced
with a simple notice saying» Figure removed due to
licensing restrictions».
The main purpose of our new report, «
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to thos
Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000
ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world
with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to thos
licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
Includes: Front cover, spine, and back cover design
Ebook cover Four to six custom designs to choose from Up to ten quality, high resolution, fully
licensed, royalty free stock art images * Typography
with quality, commercially
licensed fonts ** Up to ten rounds of revisions One Facebook cover image One 728x90 banner ad 3D book image Audiobook design
If sites spring up to resell
ebooks with no
licensing limits, they could duplicate and sell as many copies as they want.
The library will therefore have to decide whether each
ebook will come under a non-concurrent single user license (the only one possible with print books), allowing access to one user only, i.e. as occurs with printed books, or whether it will allow multiple users access to the same eBook simultaneo
ebook will come under a non-concurrent single user
license (the only one possible
with print books), allowing access to one user only, i.e. as occurs
with printed books, or whether it will allow multiple users access to the same
eBook simultaneo
eBook simultaneously.
The End User
License Agreement that is included
with every font software package does not allow the redistribution of the font data, such as when fonts are embedded into
eBooks.
The
ebooks being borrowed by Amazon customers aren't the same ePUB files being
licensed to libraries via Overdrive, they're Amazon's files that they're allowing their customers to access via a marketing partnership
with local libraries.
Every
ebook downloaded comes
with a future dated Creative Commons
license.
Libraries that do business
with them often have their website automatically populated
with the audiobooks, videos, and
eBooks they have
licensed for their collections.
There we have the problem
with ebooks today in a nutshell (that and the fact that none of us actually own the
ebooks we've bought, we only own
licenses).
At the time The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration Technology Wang Qiang, said that «Amazon opened its Kindle
ebook store operation
with their
license pending, but has not yet approved.»
SkyInk is also in negotiations
with a major data provider to
license a substantial number of
ebooks for the platform.
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 only downfall
with the prices of
ebooks is that you do not actually own it, you are just
licensing it.
The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration Technology, Wang Qiang, said that «Amazon opened its Kindle
ebook store operation
with their
license pending, but has not yet approved.»
Buying
ebooks with DRM, high prices, and
licenses that much be renewed is only part of the problem.
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.
While it is possible to construct perpetual
license agreements that make provision for digital preservation and to develop communitywide preservation mechanisms (as has been done
with scholarly journals, where research libraries are usually the dominant part of the marketplace), we are far away from seeing such enabling terms and conditions in mass - market
ebook licenses.
With ebooks and license agreements, they can essentially opt not do business with libraries (by not allowing circulation as a permitted activity under the license offered) or charge libraries at differential (much higher) rates, as well as manipulating availability (for example, no bestsellers in the library till a year after consumer relea
With ebooks and
license agreements, they can essentially opt not do business
with libraries (by not allowing circulation as a permitted activity under the license offered) or charge libraries at differential (much higher) rates, as well as manipulating availability (for example, no bestsellers in the library till a year after consumer relea
with libraries (by not allowing circulation as a permitted activity under the
license offered) or charge libraries at differential (much higher) rates, as well as manipulating availability (for example, no bestsellers in the library till a year after consumer release).
Like the United States and Canada, Australia has struggled
with ebook prices that are too high, platforms
with unpredictable fees, and
licenses that are hostile to libraries, users, and authors alike.
I want to be clear that, at least when dealing
with the major publishers, nobody buys an
ebook; one
licenses it under typically very complex terms that constrain what you are allowed to do
with it.
We do personalize each
eBook with a
license stamp in the footer of the PDF.
Amazon Publishing has just struck a deal
with Ian Fleming Publications for a ten year
license to the print and
eBooks.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg
License included
with this
eBook.
The firm either imports directly to distributors, currently in 10 countries, or strikes up partnerships
with publishers that bring out its books under
license, and sells physical and
ebooks via Amazon.
The meetings also were helpful for ALA representatives as they provided opportunities for publishers to discuss their concerns
with licensing ebooks to libraries.
Investigation Kindled by Amazon's Chinese E-Store Launch Amazon is being investigated in China after their e-store launch was not done
with a correct
license to sell
ebooks.
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.
For example, a publisher could decide that new
ebook titles by bestselling authors will have a 26 loan cap, while a new title by a new author might be
licensed to libraries at a promotional rate
with no cap.
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.
Printed paper books and
ebooks are different in another way as well: consumer ownership -
with an
ebook, the reader owns a «
license,» NOT the «book» itself.
While
with an
ebook lending or selling it doesn't lose you access unless further measures are taken, so either the licence is non-transferable or you need some method of ensuring that the
licensed copy is fully transferred.
«Adobe uses the information collected about the
eBook you have opened in Adobe Digital Editions software to ensure it is being viewed in accordance
with the type of DRM
license that accompanies that
eBook.
Unfortunately for libraries, that growth has led many of the largest publishing houses to take a very guarded approach
with the field — offering libraries
ebook titles at a significant markup,
licensing titles only
with restrictive terms or embargo periods, or simply refusing to enter into
ebook agreements
with libraries at all.
Unless you can make special arrangements
with publishers, your retail customers will be restricted to buying (actually,
licensing) their
ebooks for personal, non-commercial use.
The long - promised TypeKit integration is now available
with over 700 Adobe TypeKit fonts freely usable and
licensed for print, Web, and
ebook as part of Creative Cloud.
Penguin Random House today announced a new unified, companywide terms of sale (TOS) policy for
ebook licenses sold to public, school, and other libraries working
with approved
ebook vendors in the United States and Canada.
However, please note that in many cases the
license will additionally require that the
eBook be encrypted
with Digital Rights Management (DRM) of some kind to make the extraction and illegal use of the font file more difficult.
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.»
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.
Protect your
ebooks with the user - friendly
Licensed Content Protection created by the Readium Foundation and developed by Mantano.
The Kobo Arc runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is
licensed with Google so it even comes
with the Google Play store pre-loaded for access to Google's app market and digital content stores in addition to Kobo's
ebook store.