Library Support for eBook Lending

January 28, 2011

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There’s probably just one thing that all book lovers have in common; we read many books. Nothing to complain about here, except perhaps that it get very expensive buying all those books. There is however a solution to help everyone get more books, and for free – borrow an ebook from your local library.

Many libraries now provide their members with ebook lending options, and as smartphones (iPhone and Android) and eReaders are now very popular, this can be a great way to increase your reading without increasing your spending.

If your local library does stock ebooks then they’ll be provided with the Adobe DRM protection system, which means you have use an Adobe DRM enabled eReader to read them. Such devices/apps include; iPhone/Touch, Android, iPad, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader Cybook, etc. Using the free Adobe Digital Editions reader app you can also read these ebooks on your computer.
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A Digital Future: ebook Sales and Predictions

January 20, 2011

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Unless you’d decided to live a life of solitude during 2010, you’ve no doubt heard that ebooks and ebook readers, both dedicated eReaders and multi-purpose devices, are hot topics.

At present the ebook market can still be considered a niche sector, but revenues in 2010 show that healthy amounts of money can be made and predictions for the coming years mean that it’s a sector no one will be able to ignore.

The Value and Growth of ebooks

Finding ebook revenues for Europe turns out to be quite a difficult task, so we’ll have to rely heavily on those from the U.S., which even though they are not complete, current estimates put ebooks at 9.5% of adult trade sales in 2010.

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Romance – biggest growth segment of 2010

January 16, 2011
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Last year was the year that firmly placed ebooks in the public mind and yet surprisingly it was the Romance segment that was the fastest growing of all genres within this market – at least according to research done by Bowker (as reported by the NYtimes). As an example of this, Barnes & Noble, the [...]

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Sub £50 eReaders – It’ll never happen

November 22, 2010
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If you’ve visited any of the popular eBook forums/blogs over the last year or two you’ve likely seen plenty of debates discussing how eBook Readers will only hit the mainstream once they get down below $100, although in more recent months a $50 number has been bantered around (£50 on our side of the pond). [...]

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Waterstones is closing its doors to the world

October 31, 2010
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Earlier this week Waterstone’s announced they would stop selling eBooks to customers outside the UK, due to people from other countries buying books that should not be sold in those territories. It’s actually surprising that they’ve left the doors open for this long but according to Waterstone’s spokesman Jon Howells, “This is not a temporary [...]

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New UK Library eBook Lending Restrictions

October 25, 2010
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Earlier this week the Publishers Association (PA) made quite a strong statement (see below) on their new eBook lending restrictions for libraries and this has had quite an impact around the web. It’s not all bad, with some of these restrictions seeming pretty standard. However, what’s caused the real uproar is this, “library users [have [...]

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Is the cost of going digital too expensive?

October 24, 2010
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The publishing world is going digital, well, its trying. When we think of the costs involved in this the reaction from many people is, “cool, we’ll save loads of money”, but is this really true? Dominique Raccah from Sourcebooks says not. Dominique has talk before about how Sourcebooks is finding it very costly to go [...]

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Iambik launches as a new Audiobook Publisher

October 20, 2010
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From the founder of LibriVox, the free public domain audiobooks community website, Hugh McGuire heads up this new venture, Iambik Audio. Working together with authors, narrators and print publishers, they work on a predominantly rev-share basis to record both new and old books, many of which have been overlooked by the traditional audiobook publishers. This [...]

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Pandigital release their Second Novel eReader

October 19, 2010
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Better known for their photo-frames, Pandigital is trying for the second time to break into the eReader market. Their first attempt; a full colour 7-inch touch screen reader, was beleaguered with poor performance and an unresponsive touch screen. Their new model, the Novel Personal eReader takes a more traditional approach, using a 6-inch E-Ink touch [...]

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eBooks Sales Comprise 9% of Trade Books in the U.S.

October 18, 2010
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The latest sales figures continue to show huge improvement for eBook and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is saying that for the year-to-date, eBooks are taking 9% of total trade book sales; this is up from 3.3% for the whole of 2009. At $263 USD, that’s pretty impressive, but it should get better. Gina [...]

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