Ebooks
Minitex News articles tagged with "Ebooks" (49):
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.
Promote Ebooks Minnesota @ Your Library - Free, Easy-to-Print Posters
Looking for items to promote Ebooks Minnesota at your library? Check out these neat-o, easy-to-print, 11x17, color posters. There are 13 in all!
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
EBSCO Announces New University Press Ebook Collection
University Presses represent the work of scholars from the world’s top universities, and their scholarly monographs are the culmination of the most advanced research in their fields.
ProQuest Introduces “Access-to-Own” Demand-Driven Ebook Acquisition Model
from a ProQuest news release:
New model applies rental spend toward ebook ownership
Library Journal Releases 2015 Ebook Usage Report on Public Libraries
Library Journal released the sixth annual survey on ebook usage in US public libraries.
An introduction to the report gives a preview of the 100+ page report:
Total Boox and New Ebook Pricing Models
The shift to ebooks has wrought many changes in the library market. Most of them haven't worked to our advantage. But there are some interesting new business models.