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1. ProQuest Formally Launches Ebook Central 2. Michael Haggen Named Chief Academic Officer for Scholastic Education 3. New Journals Debut on Project Muse 4. YBP Library Services Partners with Rittenhouse Book Distributors
1. UC Berkeley Selects EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) 2. Scholastic Defends Decision to Withdraw George Washington Book (via Seeking Alpha) 2. Elsevier Joins the Hypothes.is Annotating All Knowledge Coalition 3. Wiley Now Offers 61 Open Access Titles as Five More Journals Move to OA 4. DSpace Gains Cloud Storage Layer 5. New Estimate: 57 Million […]
Take a Picture! Print-Audiobook Bundles via New Shelfie, Findaway Partnership
| Elsevier, News, Publishing, Scholastic
From Today’s Announcement: Today, Shelfie announces a partnership with leading audiobook distributor, Findaway, to offer audiobook bundles to readers on titles from Blackstone Audio, Gildan Media, Hachette Audio, HarperAudio, Naxos Audiobooks and Scholastic Audio. [Clip] By taking a photo of their bookshelf (a “shelfie”), readers can identify a list of books eligible for digital bundles. […]
Ebook Subscription Service Oyster Opens New Ebookstore & Releases Version 2.0 of App
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, News, Profiles, Scholastic
UPDATE: Watch an Interview with Oyster CEO Eric Stromberg (via Yahoo Finance) From the Oyster Blog: With our new ebook store, virtually any book you can think of is available on Oyster, including all new releases and pre-orders like Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman and Jonathan Franzen’s Purity. And through our unlimited subscription service […]
James Patterson Partners with Scholastic, Donates $1.25 Million to Help Save School Libraries
| Awards, Funding, Libraries, News, Scholastic, School Libraries
From a Scholastic News Release: As part of an ongoing effort to keep books and reading a number one priority in the United States, James Patterson has announced that he will donate $1.25 million to school libraries this year. In the first-ever partnership of its kind, Patterson is joining forces with Scholastic Reading Club to […]
From an OverDrive Announcement: OverDrive announced today that circulation of eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media increased 33% in 2014 to 137 million checkouts, while web traffic and discoverability similarly increased, especially on mobile devices. In addition, OverDrive Read, the browser-based eBook reader that provides instant access to eBooks without an app, became the fastest […]
Scribd Raises $22 Million in Financing to Expand Ebook Subscription Service
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Resources, Scholastic
From a News Release: Scribd today announced that it has closed a $22 million financing led by Khosla Ventures with reinvestment from existing backers including Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Seasoned entrepreneur Keith Rabois will join Scribd’s board as a board observer. This brings Scribd’s total funding to date up to […]
Scribd Ups the Subscription Service Ante With the Addition of 30,000 Audiobooks
| Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Scholastic
We have written a lot about not only the development of “all you can read” ebook services like Oyster, Scribd, Kindle Unlimited, etc/ for the past couple of years but also the possible impact over the long term that these and likely other services will have on public libraries. Today’s News From Scribd: “All You […]
Michelle Colte Named School Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal
| Awards, Libraries, News, Profiles, Publishing, Scholastic, School Libraries
Aloha and Congratulations to Michelle Colte! From SLJ: School Library Journal has revealed the winner of the first School Librarian of the Year Award. Library media specialist Michelle Colte of Hale Kula Elementary School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, snagged top honors for her “innovative use of technology and exceptional community engagement,” according to the announcement made […]
ALA Releases Celebrity “READ” Poster Featuring Taylor Swift
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Scholastic
Taylor Swift is seen holding a copy of the award winning The Giver by Lois Lowry. She will star in a film version of the novel schedule to debut in August. Before getting to the formal announcement of the latest READ poster, this two-page PDF (free) from the ALA Store might be a reference tool that […]
