As more and more public and academic libraries institute ebook lending for their patrons, there are a few standout programs that are doing their utmost to further the lending design and foster discovery for books and authors. Today, Clevland, Ohio-based OverDrive, a leading supplier to institutions of digital content in a variety of forms, announced it had made selections for … [Read more...] about Top eBook Lenders Selected as OverDrive Library Leaders
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Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
GoodEReader has already profiled the pending launch of ebook sales and rental site Bilbary, founded by the former head of Waterstones, Tim Coates. With the recent US launch of the company and the site’s plans to begin renting ebooks as soon as the end of this summer, Amy Riach was on hand at BookExpo to increase the company’s exposure, focus the brand, and work on growing the … [Read more...] about Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
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