While I love my Amazon Kindle, one thing that’s always bugged me about it is that you can’t borrow library ebooks on it, as you can with other ereaders like the Kobo and Sony Reader. So I was excited ...

The Ottawa Public Library is encouraging speed reading with a new “express” ebooks system, the first of its kind at a Canadian public library. Starting Wednesday, customers can borrow new and ...

The Ottawa Public Library is encouraging speed reading with a new “express” ebooks system, the first of its kind at a Canadian public library. Starting Wednesday, customers can borrow new and ...

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 ...

I once loved dropping into my local public library and reemerging hours later, weighed down with hardcovers, paperbacks, CDs, and DVDs. Needless to say, I no longer do this. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2019 was another record year for Edmonton Public Library. “We saw over 1.5 million checkouts… between both eBooks and eAudiobooks in total,” said Bethany Arsenault, EPL’s digital discovery librarian. ...

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