The Family Christian Store in the United States has forged an agreement with Kobo to offer the Mini and Touch e-readers. Both of these devices go on sale today and Kobo will donate a portion of each e-reader sale to The James Fund, Family Christian’s non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of orphans and widows around the world.Not only are the readers … [Read more...] about Kobo and Family Christian Stores Form New Partnership
Digital Library News
Library Customers Often Buy the Most Books
There is a very strong connotation among publishers that library patrons are freeloaders and giving a book away devalues the product. A recent survey conducted by Overdrive and the American Library Association’s Office seeks to dispel this notion.An extensive online poll was conducted with over 75,000 library ebook readers and it found that these patrons purchase an average … [Read more...] about Library Customers Often Buy the Most Books
Corwin to Unveil Digital Professional Development
Corwin, a company specializing in resource and academic materials geared towards educators, will be unveiling a new eLibrary at the upcoming Learning Forward Conference in December. These digital libraries will provide titles for professional development that coincide with the Common Core practices and other high-interest topics.“Corwin eLibraries offers educators the … [Read more...] about Corwin to Unveil Digital Professional Development
Breaking: 3M Cloud Library Expands Relationship with Penguin
The 3M Cloud Library System initiated a trial with Penguin to bring ebooks to the Brooklyn Public Library last October. This was meant to be a test for Penguin to formulate a digital strategy that made sense for both libraries and the bottom line. Today, Heather McCormack, the Collection Development Manager at 3M, confirmed that all libraries who do business with her company … [Read more...] about Breaking: 3M Cloud Library Expands Relationship with Penguin
Minnesota Libraries’ Latest Patrons to Benefit from 3M
Three public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty-five individual libraries, became the most recent of the eighty library systems across the country to benefit from 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service’s help in utilizing ebook lending for their patrons. Library representatives have been quoted as pointing to the quality of titles, the ease of search … [Read more...] about Minnesota Libraries’ Latest Patrons to Benefit from 3M
ProQuest Works to Improve eBook Discoverability
According to the results of its own study, ProQuest, the parent company over several divisions that support digital reading, cited discoverability as one of the most often mentioned factors that prevented respondents from using ebooks.“Our 2011 Global Student E-book Survey identified discovery as an area of the e-book experience that could be substantially improved,” said … [Read more...] about ProQuest Works to Improve eBook Discoverability
Baker & Taylor Releases New Mobile Version of Axis 360
Baker & Taylor is one of the world's largest distributors of eBooks and multimedia content. Their popular Axis 360 program is a digital media circulation and management platform, used by many of the country’s top public K-12 schools and academic libraries. The company announced today they have developed a new mobile version of their Axis 360 service to work on most tablets, … [Read more...] about Baker & Taylor Releases New Mobile Version of Axis 360
British Columbia Mandates Open eTextbooks for Post-Secondary Students
The Province of British Columbia is poised to be the first one in Canada to offer free e-textbooks to 1st and 2nd year students enrolled in college or university. The project is due to be implemented for the 2013 school year. Up to 200,000 BC students each year could benefit from this move under B.C.’s Families First Agenda, saving each student hundreds of dollars a year or … [Read more...] about British Columbia Mandates Open eTextbooks for Post-Secondary Students
OverDrive CEO Addresses UK Parliament on eBook Lending
The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London today, and one of the announcements from the event was that the group, joined by OverDrive’s CEO Steve Potash, addressed the British House of Commons on the importance and the data of ebook lending. OverDrive, one of the leading sources of loanable digital content for public and school libraries, was … [Read more...] about OverDrive CEO Addresses UK Parliament on eBook Lending
Amazon Securing British Publishers for Lending Library Launch
Amazon is introducing the Kindle Lending Library in the United Kingdom at the end of the month. In order to give customers a taste of local flavor, Amazon is securing various publishers to offer their digital books in the catalog. The companies currently committed to the platform are Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press, Icon Books, OUP Children’s Books, and Michael … [Read more...] about Amazon Securing British Publishers for Lending Library Launch
Random House Has Positive News for Libraries and Their eBooks
An article in Library Journal affirms what librarians have known but what publishers need to remain aware of: libraries own their ebooks, exactly in the same way that they own print books.This affirmation came directly from one of the Big Six publishers that has been criticized for its business practices concerning ebook lending of its titles. Random House, whose price … [Read more...] about Random House Has Positive News for Libraries and Their eBooks
Over 60 Companies Approved for Overdrive’s New Developer Tools
Overdrive is currently the largest company dedicated to supporting libraries who want to lend our digital books. The company unveiled their new Developers Portal a few months ago and it basically allows e-reader, tablet and libraries to customize their own system. Overdrive has approved over 60 different companies and organization to tailor their own custom library system. No … [Read more...] about Over 60 Companies Approved for Overdrive’s New Developer Tools
Overdrive Media Console Now Available on the Amazon App Store
Earlier in the week, Overdrive announced that its app was available for download in the Barnes and Noble app store. Today the company has also assured us that its app is now ready to be downloaded from the Amazon Android Market, too!Overdrive is the premier company that most libraries deal with to facilitate the digital lending process. In the past, if you wanted this app … [Read more...] about Overdrive Media Console Now Available on the Amazon App Store
3M, ReadersFirst Work to Make a Seamless eLending Experience
3M, one of a handful of companies that is working diligently on the issues swirling around library ebook lending by providing ebook content to partner libraries, announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week that it is now aligned with the ReadersFirst movement to make the ebook lending experience suitable for all patrons.ReadersFirst, a movement within the global lending … [Read more...] about 3M, ReadersFirst Work to Make a Seamless eLending Experience