This week, GoodEReader has been covering the ongoing tribulations of OverDrive, the ebook lending service to public libraries. OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive’s catalog, claiming … [Read more...] about Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
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OverDrive Makes Entire Ebook Catalogs Available to Libraries
OverDrive is the leading source of ebook titles for over 15,000 public and school libraries who have adopted ebook-lending strategies for their patrons. This week, OverDrive is meeting with major international and domestic publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair—arguably the largest publishing industry event of its kind—to unveil its “Want It Now” (WIN) catalog for … [Read more...] about OverDrive Makes Entire Ebook Catalogs Available to Libraries
Lendingebook allows authors to sell their own books
We wrote about a new ebook lending site a few weeks ago that allows users to lend and borrow Kindle and Nook Books with each other. Today the company has ushered in a new feature that allows authors to sell their own books on the website as well. LendingeBook is one of our favourite book lending sites because it is currently the only one that allows people to borrow both … [Read more...] about Lendingebook allows authors to sell their own books
LendingeBook Service to Launch This Monday
We caught wind of a new website that helps facilitate the entire lending and borrowing process of Kindle/Nook books. Adeptly entitled Lendingebook.com, it seeks to change up the entire lending game. In the last few years, Amazon and Barnes & Noble began ushering in a program that allowed authors and publishers to flag their books "Lending Enabled." This allows books with … [Read more...] about LendingeBook Service to Launch This Monday
OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries. The educational branch of the lending service has grown over 500% since 2010, in just the first eight months of 2011. OverDrive was in … [Read more...] about OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
3M and txtr Together on Cloud-Based Lending Library
One of the topics in digital publishing that GoodEReader.com is watching closely is ebook lending. With so many concerns about piracy and spam in the digital book arena, it’s easy to get swept away by fraudulent content, leaving many e-reader users wary of utilizing this profoundly applicable resource. 3M has received a lot of coverage over the summer, beginning with their … [Read more...] about 3M and txtr Together on Cloud-Based Lending Library
OverDrive, 3M Bring Their New Projects to ALA
At the 2011 American Library Association Conference going on now in New Orleans, participants eagerly awaited the demonstrations on new launches of two key players in ebook lending, OverDrive and 3M Library Systems. Both companies were staged to introduce new technology in ebook library lending, and conference attendees were not disappointed. While OverDrive has had a hand … [Read more...] about OverDrive, 3M Bring Their New Projects to ALA
Interview with eBook lending site ‘eBook Fling’
eBook Fling is one of the new kids on the block in terms of eBook lending sites. They specialize in support for both the Kindle and Nook full line of e-readers and their supported applications. Within just a few weeks of launching, their site reached over 10,000 members. Anna De Souza of eBook Fling explains her company as "an e-book swapping community that helps people get … [Read more...] about Interview with eBook lending site ‘eBook Fling’
Interview with Booklending.com on their ebook lending company
eBook lending clubs have started to mature over the last few months as Amazon released book sharing functions for their Kindle line of electronic readers. Amazon allows lending of select books purchased from their company. These books can be sent to anyone who has a Kindle, or one of their apps. The website eBooklending.com helps facilitate the lending process, by helping … [Read more...] about Interview with Booklending.com on their ebook lending company
How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy
eBook lending services are starting to blossom and bear fruit, as popular e-reader companies, such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble recently allowed their eBook owners to lend out most books for a 14 day window period. Many new websites such as eBookFling, Kindle Lending Club, Lendle and BookLending helps facilitate members sharing purchased ebooks with each other. The question … [Read more...] about How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy