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Good e-Reader covers all of the latest trends with audiobooks and e-books in the public library. Find out the latest industry news from companies such as Overdrive, 3M, Baker & Taylor, Zinio.

New Treaty Could Mandate Publishers to Allow Organisations to Convert Books into Audiobooks for the Blind

There has been a gradual shift among big name ebook publishers to…

6 Libraries Loan Out 1 Million eBooks Each in 2013

One of the big bright spots of digital books this year was…

15,000 Penguin eBooks Available for Canadian Libraries via Overdrive

Overdrive has just signed off on a deal with publishing giant Penguin,…

Strong News About Library Use by Pew Internet

One of the really interesting dynamics about public libraries is that, even…

Quebec’s Book Price Fixing Law Can Ruin the Book Economy

The government of Quebec has gone forward with a law that was…

Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 is Starting a Pilot with Simon & Schuster to Make eBook Titles Available to Schools

Baker & Taylor, the world’s largest distributor of digital and physical books…

McGraw Hill Teams Up with OverDrive to Offer Catalog of Professional Titles

OverDrive, the world’s largest provider of digital content to academic and public…

National Library of Norway Digitizing All Books Published in Norway

The National Library of Norway has embarked on an ambitious mission, that…

OverDrive Offers Digital Kids’ Reading Rooms to Partner Libraries

Throughout the recent controversy over inappropriate and explicit content being listed in…

Outlook Grim for Public Libraries

As if public libraries have ever had the problem of having too…

OverDrive Launches Streaming Video Service Pilot Program

Overdrive revealed exclusively to Good e-Reader at Book Expo America their new…

Rogers Media Pulls All Digital Magazines out of Zinio and Launches their own Service

Rogers Media is likely the largest magazine publisher in Canada and they…

OverDrive Media Station Now Widely Available

Launched in fifty libraries at the beginning of this year as part…

OverDrive Releases Update to School Digital Library Interface

OverDrive, one of the world’s largest digital content and media suppliers to…

Chegg Stock Sale Is Good News for Digital Textbooks

Digital textbook rental company Chegg announced some time ago that they were…

Gale Virtual Reference Library Model Bases eBook Purchase on Usage

eBook lending for libraries is still an issue for many reading consumers,…

Digital Public Library of America Attains Million Dollar Grant for eBook Training Pilot

The Digital Public Library of America announced today that it has received…

Overdrive Attains 9,000 eBooks from Macmillan

Macmillan and Overdrive reached an agreement earlier in the year to experiment…

Macmillan’s Entire eBook Backlist Catalog Now Available at Axis 360 Libraries

Baker and Taylor have inked a new deal with publisher Macmillan to…

Japan Digital Library Service Launches Early 2014, Aims to Define Standards of Digital Library Services

An as-of-yet unformed Japanese company wishes to accomplish something that none has…

3M and eBook Lending Make an Appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair

eBook lending is in a state of frustratingly slow adoption, which is…

Overdrive Experiences Tremendous Growth in 2013

Overdrive is primarily responsible for the digital infrastructure for libraries to loan…

Scribd eBook Subscription Plan Works Across Multiple Devices

In the six years since Trip Adler created a startup called Scribd,…