Also, libraries could offer and adequately promote a rental and purchase program well integrated
with library catalogs — services that subscribers could sign up for through federal and state tax check - offs and take advantage of the economies of scale.
«This spike in library lending of eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video is the result of the tremendous efforts of thousands of librarians, as well as significant ease - of - use improvements including seamless integration
with library catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's Director of Partner Services.
true integration
with the library catalog.
Not exact matches
«Many of our patrons have asked for one - on - one assistance to help them use their eReaders
with the
library's growing
catalog of downloadables.
Here are the T - shirts in my regular rotation: John Lennon portrait Hellfire and Dalmations T - shirt (i like puns and jokes) I Heart NY Lucky Duck (duck reclining swimming in pool) Never Forget (
with a picture of a card
catalog box from the
library)
Three inserts cover the DVD: a unique redemption code and general directions for accessing the included UltraViolet stream of the film, your Sony Rewards code (part of a booklet advertising the book and other Sony products), and finally a PIN entitling you to 5 free song downloads at SonyMusicPass.com, an especially nice touch for those whose public
libraries do not participate
with Freegal and give you a few free downloads from the same limited Sony
catalog every week.
With a growing library of flicks like Bright and Mudbound (and First They Came for My Father and The Meyerowitz Stories and Okja and 1922 and a whole range of other movies) combined with the standup specials pouring forth from the streaming service and a hot new show once every couple months — to say nothing of the increasingly unimportant back catalog of Hollywood titles — it's hard to think of a better value for your dollar than the eleven bucks Netflix's streaming service runs you each mo
With a growing
library of flicks like Bright and Mudbound (and First They Came for My Father and The Meyerowitz Stories and Okja and 1922 and a whole range of other movies) combined
with the standup specials pouring forth from the streaming service and a hot new show once every couple months — to say nothing of the increasingly unimportant back catalog of Hollywood titles — it's hard to think of a better value for your dollar than the eleven bucks Netflix's streaming service runs you each mo
with the standup specials pouring forth from the streaming service and a hot new show once every couple months — to say nothing of the increasingly unimportant back
catalog of Hollywood titles — it's hard to think of a better value for your dollar than the eleven bucks Netflix's streaming service runs you each month.
Kino's licensing deal
with MGM (the current MGM entity, which is largely made up of United Artists productions; the grand old MGM studio
library belongs to Warner) gives them access to the new high - definition masters from a portion of the
catalog as well as access to elements to create new HD masters, plus access to select supplements from previous disc releases.
The website features resources for use in classrooms or school - wide,
with family, after - school programs, or in the community, as well as a
catalog, newsletter, resource document
library, and details on training opportunities.
Starting today, authors
with works in Draft2Digital's
catalog of 50,000 + books can opt into Oyster's subscription service, Oyster Unlimited, which has more than a million titles in its
library.
Library Directwill allow
libraries to bundle books in Smashwords»
catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered
with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that
libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to
libraries, the amount of ebook titles that
libraries can offer to patrons will increase.
According to the press release on the launch of this child - safe
library environment, «The eReading Room is a safe environment for children, independent of the larger digital collection, yet easily accessible and fully integrated — seamlessly working
with your existing
catalog.
While Smashwords has been the powerhouse pioneer for indie authors in its agreement
with OverDrive to allow
libraries to access the Smashwords
catalog, there is still a stigma in place that blocks
libraries from seeing this
catalog as a viable option for ebook content.
Hoopla does business
with over 800
libraries in the United States and has an extensive
catalog of over 300,000 e-books.
While the struggle for a satisfactory condition continues in the world of ebook lending for public
libraries, some companies are still managing to make progress
with digital
catalogs.
In the United States over 95 % of
libraries have an e-book
catalog and according to the most recent Overdrive figures, they do business
with 90 % of them.
At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down
with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched
with Library Journal that will offer
libraries a way to feel confident about including self - published ebooks in their lending
catalogs.
Baker and Taylor have inked a new deal
with publisher Macmillan to have their entire back
catalog of 11,000 eBooks available for
libraries.
3M Cloud
Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its
library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership
with Smashwords that puts the ebook distributor's titles in the
catalog for
libraries to choose from.
Occhipinti goes on to provide a gloriously old - school education in how to build a
library in your home,
with diverse storage strategies and tips on putting together your own card
catalog.
With different choices and different publishers participating in content providers» catalogs, libraries find themselves with a good deal of leg work in order to provide the best value and best experie
With different choices and different publishers participating in content providers»
catalogs,
libraries find themselves
with a good deal of leg work in order to provide the best value and best experie
with a good deal of leg work in order to provide the best value and best experience.
With SirsiDynix Community Funded Services, patrons can pay fines and fees online, make online purchases from your
library's
catalog, use their
library card as a prepaid debit card, and — most importantly — give back to their
library.
With the Enterprise Package, your book will be included in the Bookseller
Catalog, the resource major retailers, wholesalers,
libraries, bloggers and thousands of industry professionals use to search for new titles.
Alaska
Library Catalog Regular
library card holders have access to the Alaska
Library Catalog (ALC), a consortium of 77
libraries serving over 65 % of Alaska
with 3.9 + million items.
With this approach, your book is listed in the Ingram
catalog where a retailer (whether physical or online) or a
library can find and order your book to sell themselves.
This service registers the book
with the
Library of Congress
Catalog, allowing public
library systems to look up information on your book to identify the publisher, should they become interested in ordering the book.
With the permission of COSLA, I have excerpted the use case («Scenario Two») that was included in the full report, as an excellent and simple introduction to the promise of OPDS
Catalogs in
libraries.
«There is clear demand for enhancing
library catalogs around the world
with information about ebooks,» says George Oates, the project lead for Open
Library.
Even
with advancements like inclusion in the Ingram
catalog or CreateSpace's expanded distribution option,
libraries have had the ability to stock these titles, but really had no incentive to notice or find them them.
OverDrive currently hosts «virtual
libraries» in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, and partnerships
with publishers like Cloudary in China and Kodansha in Japan enrich OverDrive's
catalog with popular content for readers in Asia and beyond.
Test Drive Approved device requirements include compatibility
with the
library's eBook
catalog, direct Wi - Fi checkout and eBook download via an on - board browser or app, and copyright protection (DRM) and lending practices that conform to rules as required by publisher permissions.
OverDrive, a leading distributor of digital content to
libraries for patron use, announced today that the 22,000
libraries and schools it partners
with generated nearly three billion views of
catalog page content in its database of over one million titles among the 192 million registered user logins last year.
Smashwords has successfully convinced Overdrive that there is value
with their
catalog of 300,000 eBooks, 200,000 of which are available to
libraries.
Search and browse a single comprehensive
catalog with all of a
library's offerings at once, including all e-books, physical collections, programs, blogs, and donor opportunities.
New opportunities through periodical platforms like Next Issue, PressReader, and Zinio, as well as ebook
catalogs through Freading, Boopsie, and Smashwords» unprecedented distribution agreement
with OverDrive have meant that not only do
libraries have options for providing relevant formats to their patrons, but they also have competitive choices that can lead to better budget options.
Place holds, check - out items, view availability, manage fines and receive communications within individual
library catalogs or in the venue the
library believes will serve them best, without having to visit separate websites (
libraries, not distributers, should be enabled to manage all interactions
with users).
Popular service Oyster has already had some success
with introducing sought after titles into its
catalog, and announced this week that Perseus Books Group would be contributing some titles to its growing
library.
With this agreement in place, OverDrive can now take steps towards making OverDrive's
catalog of digital content available in China to
libraries and retailers.
Publishers have imposed boycotts on ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending
catalogs, all of which have all left
libraries at odds
with the publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for their patrons.
It's not the first vendor to sell a shit product to
libraries, of course — ask anyone about their experience
with digital
catalog vendors like SirsiDynix.
«For a mere $ 1 per
library user,
libraries can get access to a robust
catalog,
with every title offering simultaneous access to unlimited
library users.
Kindles: Amazon has a larger
catalog of modern books because amazon has been in the e-book market longer than anyone other.They have 2,00,000 Kindle exclusive e-books
with many from the famous authors who publish directly via amazon.There are not many choices to buy e-books for the kindle from other stores or free book sites.The bought books are stored in the cloud.Just keep the local copies of the books.You can also lend a book to a friend once for 14 days.Amazon also has kindle lending
library which is currently available only to amazon prime subscribers.Thus via this service borrow books and read without buying.You can also read e-books loaned from the public libraries.Getting the loaded books onto the device is simpler on kindle unlike the nook.The books can easily be downloaded wirelessly via whisper sync service (an AT&T 3G powered connection).
It has over 3000 titles that can be purchased individually, which also coincides
with its pricing structure that allows
libraries to offer the titles in their
catalogs but only charges them for them once patrons actually check them out.
Additionally, by working
with online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BooksAMillion, and more through OverDrive's affiliates network,
libraries can actually profit by earning credits when their patrons opt to purchase a title that they found by browsing the WIN
catalog.
In the early stages of
library lending, patrons often experienced frustration
with the
catalog's offerings, or more accurately, the lack of offerings.
Located in California, the
library system established a partnership
with Smashwords that will let the
libraries» patrons check out ebooks from a
catalog of 10,000 digital titles in Smashwords» platform on a one - at - a-time basis.
Using Baker & Taylor's suite of API services,
libraries using the TLC system can now provide their patrons
with full search and discovery of Axis 360 titles, view real - time availability, and complete a checkout or place a hold
with one - click right from the
library's online
catalog.
As
with other OMC apps, you can save the link to your
library's OverDrive
catalog under «Get Books.»
«
With the unlimited plans offering access to our entire
catalog from a single intuitive App and personal
library, we're delivering magazines the way consumers want to read them,» said Morgan Guenther, CEO of Next Issue Media.
I think the real news is in the addition of a number of publishing partners, upping 3M's
catalog offering in order to help
libraries provide their patrons
with the content they want.