by Lee Purcell | Sep 5, 2014 | Discover
In a trend that appears to be on the upswing, another US library has opened devoted entirely to digital works. The rationale behind this move by Florida Polytechnic University is that students will have access to a greater range of ebooks (about 135,000, with...
by Lee Purcell | Apr 26, 2014 | Discover
Some intriguing statistics emerge in this Forbes article by Jeremy Greenfield. Despite the fact that some 75 percent of libraries now offer ebooks, only 12 percent of those who regularly read ebooks have borrowed an ebook from a library. Awareness seems to be...
by Lee Purcell | Jan 3, 2014 | Discover
Big Six publisher Hachette has made its entire catalog of 5,000 ebooks available to US public and school libraries, a step that could foreshadow a broader move by other publishers to work more closely with libraries to harmonize the handling of print and ebook...
