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Much-trumpeted survey proves the opposite of what the surveyors seem to think it does

November 19, 2012 by Admin 19 Comments

Do library eborrowers also buy ebooks? Well, stop the presses. OverDrive, the leading aggregator providing libaries with ebooks, and Library Journal* have done research that proves that they do. (*My error hereby corrected: American Library Association, not Library Journal.) The survey results are interpreted as evidence that the big publishers are making a terrible mistake being […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Library Journal, OverDrive

More thoughts on libraries and ebook lending

November 5, 2012 by Admin 23 Comments

On Thursday of this week, I’ll be at the Charleston Conference appearing in a conversation organized by Anthony Watkinson that includes me and Peter Brantley. Brantley and Watkinson both have extensive backgrounds in the library and academic worlds, which are the milieux of most attendees at this conference. I don’t. I am being brought in […]

Filed Under: Authors, Conferences, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: 24 Symbols, Anthony Watkinson, Apple, Bookish, Charleston Conference, GoodReads, Hachette, HarperCollins, iBookstore, Kindle, Kobo, KOLL, Library Journal, Macmillan, Nook, OverDrive, Oyster, Penguin, Peter Brantley, Peter McCarthy, Random House, Recorded Books, Simon & Schuster

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