MORE 'E-BOOKS' POSTS
Our friends at Publishers Lunch and NetGalley have let us know that a new ebook containing 30 “meaty excerpts” from highly anticipated titles set for Fall 2012 release. The file (download link below) is available for all ereaders including the Kindle. From Publishers Lunch: We have official Buzz Panel book Shani Boianjiu’s The People of […]
From Laura Hazard Owen at paidContent: Hachette, which has not made new e-books available to libraries since 2010, is reconsidering the idea. In a pilot program starting this spring (which is…now?), the publisher is working with two e-book distributors to bring a “selection of HBG’s recent bestselling e-books to 7 million library patrons.” [Clip] “These […]
About a month ago OverDrive released their first “Big Data” report. Here’s our post. Today, we’re sharing the full text of the eight page report. It’s embedded below. Overdrive Library Media Network eBook Report (Big Data 1)
Connecticut: Milford Public Library Will Be Able to Keep Overdue Fines, Begins eBook Program
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From the Connecticut Post: Each year, the Milford Public Library collects about $27,500 in fees and fines, $4,000 from the photocopy machines and more than $500 from the sales of used books and other fees. Up until now, that money, about $32,000 in all, was funneled back into the city’s general fund. But, beginning a few […]
Crowdfunded eBooks: Unglue.it Is Live!
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As we noted on Tuesday, Eric Hellman and his team (including librarian Andromeda Yelton) were planning to launch their Unglue.it crowdfunded ebook platform today. The platform is now live! Here’s the official announcement along with coverage from Matt Ennis at LJ and our post from Tuesday that includes background and a link to a recent […]
From Research4Life: Research4Life partners announced today that the content available through its collaborative public-private partnership has dramatically increased since 2011 to reach 17,000 peer reviewed scientific journals, books and databases. Research4Life provides over 6,000 institutions in more than 100 developing countries with free or low cost access to peer-reviewed online content from the world’s leading […]
A couple of days ago we posted a link to a new interview with the Founder and President of GlueJar (provider of Unglue.it), Eric Hellman. Now, a blog post from lets all of us know that the Unglue.it site/database/platform will formally launch in two days (Thursday, May 17, 2012) at Noon EDT but you can […]
Published August 2011 and Prepared by Duke University Libraries E-Book Strategy Committee. E-Book Advocacy Model E-book Advocacy Statements PDF Version of Materials (10 pages) Statements Cover the Necessary Functionalities of eBooks To Support Research: Conceptualization and Discovery Reading Theory Formation Documenting and Synthesizing Collaboration Publishing and Disseminating
Of course the rankings are only based on Amazon.com sales and there are plenty of other places to purchase and borrow reading material. Nevertheless, it’s always fun to review lists like this one when you understand the caveats and purpose. Amazon.com releases this list to help promote the summer reading season. Below the list are […]
From the Bowker Announcement: British children aged 10 and under are reading e-books, but on laptops rather than designated devices like the Amazon Kindle. Once they turn 11, they embrace the Kindle as their most widely used device for e-book consumption. These insights are courtesy of Bowker Market Research’s Understanding the Digital Consumer project, an […]
