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February 21, 2013 |
Impelsys Announces Commercial Launch of New eBook Ordering System The new title acquisitions system for libraries enables library staff to order ebooks for their collections directly from participating publishers.   |
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March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
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November 2000 |
Read eBooks Offline netLibrary, Inc., distributor of full-length digital versions of publishers' books, announces their free personal software application, eBook Reader. This reader allows users to read eBooks without being connected to the Internet... |
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November 5, 2012 |
iPublishCentral Powers New Bowker 'Book as an Android App' "Book as an Android App" allows authors and small publishers to use Bowker's www.myidentifiers.com to create Android-compatible ebook apps from any PDF or EPUB document, opening new sales channels. |
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March 8, 2010 |
Two New Ebook Surveys Highlight Interesting Trends HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has released the full results of a fall 2009 survey of librarians on their attitudes and practices related to ebooks |
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January 19, 2009 |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library's download website. |
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June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. |
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September 24, 2012 |
Aptara Ebook Survey of Publishers Now Available Issued in April 2012 and sponsored by Publishers Weekly magazine and Aptara, the survey tracks the ebook publishing trends, challenges, and strategies that have emerged since 2009 when the ebook market began taking shape. |
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August 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Digital Lending Goes into OverDrive I'd been hearing some buzz this summer about various improvements made by OverDrive to its services for libraries-more content, mobile apps, simplified procedures, etc. |
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August 2004
Paula J. Hane |
Ebooks Corp. Announces New Ebook Lending Platform The company worked closely with the library, technology, and publishing communities to develop EBL, which is said to offer a pioneering approach to lending. |
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April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
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July 2, 2007
Karie Kirkpatrick |
Injecting Life Into the Ebook: Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Released Adobe announced the release of its new ebook software, Adobe Digital Editions. |
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July 18, 2011 |
Cambridge University Press to Launch Platform for Other Academic Publishers From October 2011, University Publishing Online will provide libraries with ebooks and related database products from a variety of academic publishers worldwide. |
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August 13, 2012 |
ALA Releases Report on Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, suggests opportunities for publishers to showcase content through public libraries. |
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February 12, 2009 |
Publishers Join EPUB eBooks Distribution Channel Through OverDrive OverDrive, Inc., a global distributor of digital books for libraries and retailers, announced a growing list of leading publishers from around the world who are selling ebooks in the emerging EPUB format. |
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June 11, 2012
Dan Tonkery |
BEA 2012: Libraries Still Draw the Short Stick Libraries do not have much to celebrate from Book Expo other than their copyright win at the Georgia State University and even that win may be short lived as the publishers have requested an injunction to stop certain types of usage of reserve material. |
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June 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks. |
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March 4, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services Here's the scoop on five popular ebook subscription services, including a comparison chart for quick reference. |
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September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
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February 4, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases eBook Public Library Collection eBook Public Library Collection includes more than 25,000 general reference ebook titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature, and science and technology. |
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April 30, 2012
Carol Ebbinghouse |
Look for Circulating Law Ebooks at a Library Near You LexisNexis and OverDrive announced that they have agreed to create customized ebook lending and management services, offering "the largest collection of authoritative legal ebook content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms." |
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February 12, 2007 |
Macmillan Launches Ebook Sites Macmillan has launched more than 30 ebook titles from its Macmillan New Writing and Macmillan Science imprints. These are now available to search and purchase online. |
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September 17, 2013
Barbara Brynko |
What's Trending in Ebooks The good news is that ebooks are holding their own and still commanding a sizable portion of the publishing pie. Consumer demand for ebooks is being heard in all market segments, including the library space. |
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July 25, 2011 |
NetLibrary Ebooks Now Integrated on EBSCOhost Platform EBSCO Publishing's collection of more than 300,000 ebook and audiobook titles (formerly from NetLibrary) is now integrated on EBSCOhost. |
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January 17, 2013 |
eBooks on EBSCOhost to be Available Via Ingram's OASIS The new agreement will allow libraries to order eBooks on EBSCOhost through OASIS. EBSCO is the first outside ebook provider to be incorporated into OASIS. |
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November 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in E-Audiobooks Audiobooks have come a long way since books on tape. Most vendors now offer e-audiobooks as digital files that can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening. |
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May 9, 2013 |
Baker & Taylor Releases New App for Axis 360 The new, free application for tablets and smartphones called axisReader allows patrons of libraries with the Axis 360 digital media platform to discover, checkout, and read ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats on their mobile devices. |
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April 28, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
Kindle Library Lending Announcement Raises Questions Kindle-using library patrons will now be able to get ebooks in their preferred format, and that's about the whole of it. |
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October 17, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Kansas Leading the Fight for Fair Ebook Access in Libraries The Kansas case brings up a variety of important issues and problems with ebooks today: The issues of platform, buyers rights, and the very structure of the ebook industry. |
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April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
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June 3, 2010 |
Barnes & Noble Announces PubIt! Digital Publishing Platform The easy-to-use digital publishing and distribution platform is designed to offer qualified independent publishers and authors of self-published works expanded distribution, visibility, and protection. |
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November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website. |
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July 8, 2013 |
Going Social: Top Apps for Best Recommended Reads The apps listed here are all free, whether you opt to find a title to enjoy on your own or want to join a reading community to share your thoughts about your favorite bestseller with a virtual book club. |
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November 28, 2011 |
OverDrive Announces Ebook Device 'Test Drive' Program for Libraries The program includes device recommendations and guidelines for setup, maintenance, and support, as well as best practices for institutions that want to stock and lend ebook readers and tablets to patrons. |
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February 25, 2010 |
Over Drive Announces New Ebook Services for 2010 OverDrive, Inc., a distributor of ebooks and audiobooks for libraries and retailers, announced new services that will significantly expand its digital distribution network for copyrighted digital media. |
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June 3, 2013 |
IngramSpark Service Debuts Publish-on-Demand Platform This online publishing tool grants independent publishers easy-to-use, cost-effective access to Ingram's global distribution network for print and ebooks. |
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August 6, 2012 |
Expanded Access to eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available Through GOBI3 Librarians accustomed to selecting and managing their ebook collections through GOBI3 from YBP Library Services, now have additional access options for the more than 320,000 ebook titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost. |
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August 28, 2008 |
OverDrive Now Offers Penguin Group Audiobooks and eBooks to Public Libraries Public libraries can now lend downloaded audiobooks and ebooks by authors such as Stephen King and Nick Hornby to their patrons. |
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February 13, 2012 |
ALA Reaches Out to Ebook Publishers; Penguin Terminates OverDrive Contract American Library Association president Molly Raphael led an ALA delegation to New York recently to meet separately with representatives from publishers Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus. |
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January 17, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The New World of Ebook Publishing Changes are coming much faster in the publishing world today -- prices for titles are dropping and we are seeing the development of new models and channels for publishing, distribution, and sales. |
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Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
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May 20, 2010 |
OverDrive to Release Free eBook Reading Apps "The significant investments that libraries and retailers are making in premium ebook collections will have even greater value when users can access titles on their mobile devices," said David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive. |
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March 12, 2012
Dan Tonkery |
Booki.sh Goes Into OverDrive The little startup from Melbourne, Australia, Booki.sh is joining the rapidly growing Cleveland-based OverDrive, the leading distributor of ebooks and digital audiobooks to libraries. |
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August 6, 2012 |
ebrary Enhances Strategic Ebook Acquisition Program for Public Libraries To enable public libraries to affordably and strategically meet the nonfiction ebook needs of patrons, ebrary, a ProQuest business, added more than 9,000 new titles from publishers including Bentham Science and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt across acquisition models. |
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October 15, 2015 |
BiblioCommons Gains Random House Ebooks Libraries can use this platform to offer their patrons library-centered ebook discovery, borrowing, and reading. |
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March 15, 2010 |
Infobase Ebooks Now Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library This allows libraries to provide access to popular ebooks from Facts On File and Ferguson Publishing along with more than 4,500 existing electronic reference titles, expanding the library's offerings while avoiding duplicated resources. |
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October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
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July 1, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
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March 12, 2012 |
3M Cloud Library Announces Integration With Polaris ILS The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will now be integrated with the Polaris Integrated Library System, allowing patrons at participating libraries to discover both physical and digital collections from wherever they are browsing. |
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July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
