Hachette, which has not made e-books available to libraries since 2010, is reconsidering the idea. In a pilot program starting this spring, the publisher is working with two e-book distributors to bring a “selection of HBG’s recent bestselling e-books to 7 million library patrons.” Read More »
The majority of U.S. public libraries now offer e-books, but libraries’ relationships with book publishers are fraught, says the American Library Association in its 2012 annual report. Read More »
Two days after the Pottermore shop launched, Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks will be available in libraries as of noon ET today. Read More »
The Harry Potter e-books, which will be released for the first time by Pottermore in April (after months of delays), are now appearing in th… Read More »
As promised, Random House will continue to offer its e-books to libraries but as of March 1 has raised many e-books’ wholesale prices signif… Read More »
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore still has not officially launched, but the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks sold exclusively through t… Read More »
Since Penguin announced yesterday that it is ending its partnership with OverDrive and will no longer provide e-books or digital audiobooks… Read More »
Random House is now the only big six publisher to allow unrestricted access to all of its e-books in libraries — and it said yesterday it w… Read More »
Hoping to skirt Penguin’s library e-book restrictions by checking out a hot new title as a digital audiobook instead? Sorry, that strategy w… Read More »
OverDrive released its lists of the most-downloaded e-books from libraries in December 2011. These lists look pretty different from the curr… Read More »
Penguin is once again making its e-books available to libraries through Kindle, OverDrive reports. New Penguin e-books, however, remain unav… Read More »
Citing unspecified “concerns about the security of our digital editions,” Penguin Group USA is pulling new e-books from libraries; in additi… Read More »
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The number of people that check out e-books from libraries is still relatively small–under 15 percent, according to a January Digital Book… Read More »
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