E-Books Destroying Traditional Publishing? The Story’s Not That Simple
– Submitted by Gene Hainer, State Library “Traditional publishers are traveling a long and confusing road into the digital future. To begin with, here’s the conventional wisdom about publishing:...
View ArticleLatest DCL Price Comparison Report Released
A new year, and little has changed. Still, fewer than half of the best-selling books on Amazon are available for purchase by libraries in an e-book format. Of the titles that are available, some are...
View ArticleDouglas County Libraries Adds 10,000 Titles
– Submitted by Jamie LaRue, Douglas County Libraries “On December 31, Douglas County Libraries (DCL) acquired 10,000 e-book titles from the world’s largest distributor of self-published works,...
View ArticleeBooks and Libraries: Europe’s Ebooks on Demand Project Awarded ALA Citation
– Submitted by Christine Kreger, Colorado State Library “The eBooks on Demand (EOD) project of the EOD Network is one of three projects selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association (ALA)...
View ArticleSeparated At Birth: Library and Publisher Metadata
– Submitted by Jim Duncan, Colorado Library Consortium “The Douglas County Libraries’ (DCL) pioneering project to own, rather than license, much of its e-content has not only forged a new business...
View ArticleDCWG Big Six Matrix for Ebook License Comparisons
– Submitted by Jamie LaRue, Douglas County Libraries “The Digital Content and Libraries Working Group continues to explore issues related to the Big Six publishers and library purchasing, licensing,...
View ArticleOne Year Anniversary for DCL Pricing Comparison Report
Submitted by Rochelle Logan, Douglas County Libraries More titles are available to libraries in eBook form than a year ago when we started this monthly report. The DCL top circulating fiction and...
View ArticleNow There Are 5
– Submitted by Jim Duncan, Colorado Library Consortium “This quote leaped out at me [Jim]: “As more authors become independent publishers, the Big Five will find that they’re competing less against one...
View ArticleNew DCL eBook Price Comparison Report – November, 2013
– Submitted by Jamie LaRue Two things jump out at me this time. From September of last year to this report, we’ve gone from 30% availability of titles to 80%. That is most definitely the result of the...
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