The Library Journal has just partnered with Overdrive for a one year program. The Library Journal will be leveraging their Self-e independent author system and libraries all across North America will be offered 50 simultaneous titles that have no wait lists or holds, basically an unlimited number of loans. The program runs from June 1, 2018 until July 31, 2019. SELF-e … [Read more...] about Library Journal partners with Overdrive for indie author program
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BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles
At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched with Library Journal that will offer libraries a way to feel confident about including self-published ebooks in their lending catalogs. This feature, called Self-e, will offer libraries a curated list of titles that not only have some standard … [Read more...] about BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles
Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion
With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who's now partnered with OverDrive to add an additional 200,000 self-published titles to the 22,000 partner libraries' ebook catalogs, one concern does come up: who will read and approve of all of those titles? While self-published books have always had a bad reputation for low quality, even the fact that … [Read more...] about Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion
New Survey Demonstrates Rise in Library Spending
Library Journal has released the results of its 2014 survey, which tracks materials spending in public libraries across the country. The libraries are categorized according to patron size and circulation size, as well as budget size. In what comes as a tremendous surprise given the frightening state of libraries' crisis-level budgets, spending actually increased … [Read more...] about New Survey Demonstrates Rise in Library Spending
Library Journal Releases Public School eBook Report
Library Journal, sponsored in part by Follet Library Resources—the nation’s leading supplier of library materials to public schools—released the summary of its third annual survey which asked respondents to answer questions pertaining to ebook use in K through 12 schools. The results were both encouraging and disappointing, depending on the question. First, budget concerns … [Read more...] about Library Journal Releases Public School eBook Report
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