In accordance with the global trend to adopt ebooks, the Liverpool city library has decided to go for a digital makeover by inducting more ebooks in its collection. The city council has earmarked more than £370k for the service dubbed Read Liverpool which has made available more than 6,000 ebooks for free download. Cllr Wendy Simon, Liverpool council's assistant mayor and … [Read more...] about Read Liverpool Program Introduces 6,000 Free eBooks
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Derbyshire County Council Libraries Now Offering eAudiobook Service
Derbyshire County Council’s libraries first started offering ebooks back in 2011 and is now starting a new service, that of eaudiobooks which users can download on their device and listen. The service is open to all members of the library that is now offering about a thousand titles to begin with. One of the inherent benefits of the service is that it can be availed of by the … [Read more...] about Derbyshire County Council Libraries Now Offering eAudiobook Service
My Singing Monsters to Invade eBook Scene as Part of Deal With Egmont UK
The popular game My Singing Monsters will soon be seen in ebook format as part of an agreement reached between Big Blue Bubble and publishers Egmont UK. Among the other areas where the My Singing Monsters property is expected to venture into include printed books, audio books, as well as magazines to be sold via both newsstands, bookshops along with other conventional book … [Read more...] about My Singing Monsters to Invade eBook Scene as Part of Deal With Egmont UK
Digital AudioBooks begin to Gain Momentum
The audiobook industry is starting to undergo dramatic shifts in their content delivery methods and major publishing companies are now investing millions of dollars into expensive productions. The entire audiobook industry is currently worth around 1.6 billion dollars and that figure should climb further. The main reason? Audio book producers have been increasing their output. … [Read more...] about Digital AudioBooks begin to Gain Momentum
Audiobooks.com Switches to Audible’s Pay Model
We often forget that audiobooks are part of the ebook hierarchy. Amazon's Audible is the biggest player in this market and has been around for years. Last year, however, Audiobooks.com started up with a new payment model. It charged $24.95 to listen to an unlimited number of audiobooks from the catalog. This was different from Audible's "credit" model, which, generally, … [Read more...] about Audiobooks.com Switches to Audible’s Pay Model
Lambton Country Library Now Lending Sony eBook Readers
It is becoming a trend for libraries to lend out ebook readers to its valid members. The latest to conform to this is the Lambton country Library that is offering the Sony ebook reader completely free. The library has 26 branches and all of them have Sony ebook readers for people to try. For those who have a mobile device, there is no need for a computer as the spots are all … [Read more...] about Lambton Country Library Now Lending Sony eBook Readers