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Minitex News articles tagged with "Ebooks" (44):

Self-Published Ebooks on the Rise

According to a recent Author Earnings report, there have been some interesting trends relating to the Big Five publishers and self-published authors.

ALA 2016 Vendor Exhibits: Total Boox

I visited the Total Boox booth at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida and spoke with their CEO Yoav Lorch.

ALA 2016 Vendor Exhibits: Odilo and Hoopla

Two vendors who have entered the North American e-content distribution marketplace somewhat recently are Odilo and Hoopla; I visited both of these vendors at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference.

Bibliotheca introduces pay-per-use ebook pricing

Biblioteca has announced plans to provide pay-per-use pricing for ebooks. Blackstone Audio and Hachette Audio will be a part of the service's initial offerings. Discussions are underway with other publishers, however.

A group of pilot libraries will test the service, and Biblioteca plans to release it broadly later this year. The Cloud Library's up-front pricing model will continue to be available, alongside the new service.

Minitex awarded $695,000 federal grant to enhance ebooks app

Library users will more easily access ebooks across multiple systems thanks to SimplyE, a free app for phones and tablets that is being further developed at Minitex, a joint program of the University of Minnesota Libraries and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.

EBSCO eBooks Academic Subscription Collection: April 2016 Changes

On April 15th, EBSCO will make updates to the Academic North American Collection eBook subscription.

Help Hub website collects information about how to access and read ebooks

The Help Hub website, located at econtentleaders.com, collects information on how to access ebooks from the 3M Cloud Library and OverDrive. The site also features information about devices such as the iPad, Kindle Fire, and Google Nexus.

Open eBooks for Children in Need

From Open eBooks to educators, librarians and program leaders working with children and youth from in-need families