GoodeReader first covered ebook retailer startup Bilbary earlier this year, as well as at their meet up during this year’s BookExpo America publishing event. Today, Bilbary announced its first major US library partnership that will put ebooks in front of readers and much needed funding in library pockets. By adding the Bilbary button to their online catalogs, libraries can … [Read more...] about Bilbary Partners with Libraries for Mutual Financial Benefit
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Smashwords Partners with Libraries as Publishers
One of the quiet recommendations for independent brick-and-mortar bookstores and local public libraries has been for those establishments to evolve into community-based publishers using ebooks distribution or print-on-demand kiosks. Now, Smashwords is making that concept a reality in a test market, the more than 200 public libraries who are members of the Califa library … [Read more...] about Smashwords Partners with Libraries as Publishers