Amazon’s loving its Kindle owners. The retail giant is letting Kindle owners who sign up for its US$79 Prime service borrow an ebook each month for no extra fee. Prime… Read more >
November 3, 2011 Amazon, ebook lending, Kindle, libraries, news 1 Read more >
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen New Zealand public libraries announcing plans for the imminent launch of ebook lending services. What’s great to see is that there will… Read more >
A plan to create a vast digital library by scanning millions of books without explicit copyright permission has been thrown out in a long-awaited ruling issued today by New York… Read more >
March 23, 2011 analysis, copyright, Google, libraries 1 Read more >
HarperCollins’ US unit has just changed its long-standing ebook policy for library sales. Instead of selling ebooks for a one-time cost and allowing libraries to lend these ebooks in perpetuity,… Read more >
March 4, 2011 analysis, ebook lending, libraries 25 Read more >
The UK Publishers Association last week announced a set of “minimum terms” for ebook lending by libraries, a move that could finally see this complex and important issue getting some… Read more >
The following article was published in the latest Australian Booksellers Association magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and some of the UK moves have been affected by… Read more >
July 6, 2010 analysis, bookselling, business, copyright, ebook lending, libraries 5 Read more >
The NZ$100 million upgrade to New Zealand’s National Library building has prompted debate about whether it’s money well spent. The latest contribution to this debate from the New Zealand Herald’s… Read more >
April 22, 2009 analysis, bookselling, business, ebook lending, libraries 18 Read more >