Macmillan US makes frontlist ebooks available to libraries
Macmillan US is adding frontlist ebooks published in the previous 12 months to its public library elending project, reports DigitalBookWorld. The addition of frontlist titles increases the number of Macmillan...
ALIA releases report on international elending initiatives
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released a report on public library elending initiatives around the word.The Elending Landscape Report 2014, which is available here, was commissioned by...
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UK public library elending pilot announcedIn the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) and the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) have announced a year-long public library elending pilot. Four public library...
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Macmillan US makes backlist ebooks available to libraries In the US, Macmillan will expand its pilot ebook lending program for libraries to include its entire backlist, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Penguin US ebooks available to libraries through OverDrive again
Libraries in the US can now access Penguin ebooks through OverDrive, more than 18 months after the publisher announced that it was ending its relationship with the library supplier, reports...
BICC develops elending principles, recommends including ebooks in lending rights schemes
The Book Industry Collaborative Council (BICC) has developed a set of principles for the supply of ebooks to Australian libraries as part of its final report, which was released to...
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Swedish startup to allow ‘real time’ e-lending negotiations between publishers and libraries In Sweden, new digital startup company Atingo is promising to ‘radically change’ library ebook lending by allowing publishers and libraries...
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Macmillan adds Entangled Publishing ebooks to library lending program In the US, Entangled Publishing will make all of its titles available via Macmillan Publishing’s library ebook-lending program, according to a...
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IFLA releases new elending resources for libraries The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has released a new set of resources relating to ebooks and elending for libraries....