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Category Archives: libraries
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
And now libraries know that Random House is planning to use real silver for that lining. The problem with Random House’s plan is that libraries don’t have all that much silver to give them in this era of shrinking budgets. … Continue reading
Posted in Big 6 publishers, ebooks, ebooks in libraries, libraries, Random House
Tagged collection development, ebooks, public libraries
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The Fiction about Friction
Let’s talk about a concept that keeps coming up in the conversation about ebook lending in libraries. The publishers who are currently not participating in the library ebook market all seem to be worrying about the lack of “friction” in … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, libraries
Tagged Big 6 Publishers, bookselling, ebook publishers, ebooks, friction, libraries, OverDrive, public libraries, publishing
Ebooks in Public Libraries: Whither, Which, How
The Digital Public Library of America discussion list has kicked into high gear again, in anticipation of an in-person meeting at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in mid-January, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. The piece of the discussion that has … Continue reading
Brilliance Audio, Amazon, and the Great Un-downloading
On January 4, OverDrive sent an email to all of its libraries with a bombshell announcement, (quoted here from Infodocket) “Effective January 31, 2012, as instructed by the publisher, BrillianceAudio will suspend the availability of all download audiobook titles for library purchase … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, audiobooks, libraries
Tagged Amazon, Audible, audiobooks, libraries, OverDrive
March of the Penguins
This story may sound slightly familiar. Penguin Books has decided to opt out of the Library ebook market. The company is citing “security concerns“, much in the same way that Harper Collins cited the “need to protect their authors” when … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, libraries, OverDrive
Tagged ebooks, OverDrive, Penguin Books, public libraries
Amazon and the library redux
Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of commentary in the library world about Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library. Most of the the library and ebook pundits go over the nitty-gritty details of the Kindle Lending Library, compare the extremely restrictive … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, ebooks, libraries
Tagged Amazon, Kindle, librarians, libraries, public libraries
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Amazon wants to be your library
We’ve all read the news by now. Amazon has gone into the library business. And as the Baltimore Sun described it on November 3, this is bad news for libraries. Amazon’s announcement on November 3 of the Kindle Owner’s Lending … Continue reading
