Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Digital materials hit record-breaking levels of popularity at ...

Much attention has been paid to library lending, the availability of ebook titles that public libraries can purchase, and the business models associated with ebook acquisition. When we consider school ...

Editor’s Note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online ...

The Minot Public Library will no longer offer Hoopla, a digital media service, starting Jan. 1. Library leadership said the ...

Our online column Letters of the Law explores a wide range of legal issues that arise in libraries, with the help of a pair of leading authorities: Mary Minow, a librarian who became a lawyer; and ...

I will never understand why the publishing world thinks that allowing digital content and downloads will hurt their business anymore than allowing rentals of physical content does. In some libraries ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's largest digital library is setting records. The Louisville Free Public Library said it topped 1 million digital books checked out online for a second year in a ...

DECATUR – The Decatur Public Library has greatly expanded its selection of eBooks and has added streaming music and movie options for patrons. The library rolled out three new offerings Sept. 6, with ...

The solution, he wrote, was to impose an eight-week embargo on ebook sales to libraries. Only one copy would be sold, at a discount, to each library at the time of the ebook’s initial release. For ...