New Digital Library Launched in Romanian Transit Station
I’ve always been a fan of libraries, whether they are built into the flatbed of a truck in Mexico D.F. or whether they’ve grown to cover the entire city of Klagenfurt, Austria. Today’s library can be...
View ArticleMexico City Launches New eBook Portal Project at Metro Stations
A few days ago I posted some details on a new digital library launched in a subway station in the capital of Romania. That project wasn’t so much a digital library as it was a marketing ploy by...
View ArticleSmashwords Sells 10 Thousand eBooks to Douglas County Libraries
A few of the major US publishers might not have much interest in selling ebooks to libraries, and as frustrating as that may be for ebook lovers it does leave the market open to everyone else. That...
View ArticleSan Antonio’s Bookless Public Library is One Step Closer Reality
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about a new proposal for a bookless library outside of San Antonio, Texas. Bexar County was considering creating their own library system which would be independent of...
View ArticleProQuest Buys EBL & Will Merge it with Ebrary; Ingram Adds Random House...
There’s a library conference coming up later this week so all the vendors have been sharing their big news.Ingram is a well known ebook and book distributor, and today they are trumpeting an addition...
View ArticleA Million Dollars in eBooks Doesn’t Go as Far As You Might Think
The Financial Times has an article on the NYPL on its website this week and it’s raising some eyebrows.The article looks at the general change in direction that the New York Public Library has taken in...
View ArticleMassachusetts to Launch State-Wide Digital Library
The state of Massachusetts is looking to get into ebooks in a big way. Last week the Massachusetts Library System put out an RFP (request for proposal) for a new statewide library ebook program....
View ArticleVirtual Library Launched in a Philadelphia Train Station
Cities all over the word are discovering that virtual libraries need little physical space, making it possible to place them in locations that would otherwise not be able to hold more than a handful of...
View ArticleSimon & Schuster Announces eBook Pilot Program in NYC
One of the last remaining holdouts among the Big Six Five publishers announced today that they were launching a new program to test the idea of selling ebooks to public libraries.Simon & Schuster...
View Article76% of US Libraries Offer eBooks, Nearly 2 in 5 Lend eReaders
The major publishers might not be all that interested in selling ebooks to libraries but the feeling is not mutual.The American Library Association released their annual state of the library report...
View ArticleLibraryBox Enters Public Beta, Offers a New Tool for Managing Your eBook...
Small local lending library boxes, be it a recycled phone booth or a custom built cubby, are growing increasingly popular. Book enthusiasts have been erecting them around the world, and now thanks to a...
View ArticleUpdated: UK Publisher’s Association Launches Library eBook Pilot
The Publisher’s Association announced on Monday that they were launching a year-long e-lending pilot program which would study the effects of ebook lending in libraries. According to the announcement,...
View ArticleUS Libraries Spend More on Audiobooks, DVDs than eBooks
Library Journal released the results of a survey last week, and it revealed that ebooks don’t have nearly as large of a share of libraries’ budgets as the one might assume from the press coverage. The...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines Launches Digital Library App for iPhone, Android
Turkish Airlines announced on Friday that they were launching a new digital library service for their frequent flier program. Sky Library, which is open to Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles members,...
View ArticleTotal Boox Will Make Their Pay-as-You-Read Service Free During National...
In honor of National Library Week, Total Boox announced today that their “pay-as-you-read” metered ebook platform will be completely free next week to all users. This Israeli startup offers a catalog...
View ArticleUK Library eBook Pilot Shows Library Loans Drive Sales
It’s been just over a month since the Publisher’s Association launched a year long e-lending pilot in partnership with 4 libraries in the UK, and the early results are showing that ebook borrowers are...
View ArticleColorado’s Statewide Library eBook Pilot Project Enters Beta Tests
Douglas County Libraries announced on Monday that their statewide digital library project was entering small scale pilot test. The DCL had partnered with the Colorado Library Consortium last year to...
View ArticleSimon & Schuster Expands Library eBook Program to All US Libraries
Satisfied with their year-old library ebook pilot, Simon & Schuster announced today that they were making their entire catalog of frontlist and backlist titles available as ebooks to all libraries...
View ArticleHip Video Explains All-Digital Library in Bexar County, Texas
–Read an e-book at home or in the library, or a digital comic or graphic novel. –Maybe even read E to your visiting child if you’re a jailed mother. –Use two-way Google Hangouts video to enjoy a...
View ArticleReport: Library eBook Lending Lags the US in Much of the World
A new report from the IFLA reminds us that annoyances like Penguin and other major US trade publishers restricting checkouts is truly a first world problem. Released last week, the IFLA 2014 eLending...
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