Combining OverDrive's market-leading platform with RBmedia's exclusive content represents a major new wrinkle in the digital library market: RBmedia is a major producer of audiobooks with a catalog of more than 45,000 exclusive titles. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smiths News has moved to further increase Bertrams' library sales to Northern Europe and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American City Business Journals, the nation's largest print and online publisher of local business news, has acquired Streetwise Media, a Boston-based digital media company that uses a community ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OverDrive has acquired Australian ebook company Booki.sh for an undisclosed sum in a move which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore has entered into an exclusive worldwide ebook and digital audiobook distribution... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 10/05/2011 - 14:19 Blackwell has today (10th May) axed 19 head office jobs from its library supply team. The staff, who are all based at the Blackwell headquarters in Oxfordshire, were told today they will be made redundant as of 1st July. read... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OverDrive Media Console--the iPhone app that lets users check out and read ebooks from their local libraries--has been upgraded to a universal app optimized for... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 16/02/2011 - 15:42 read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Overdrive c.e.o. Steve Potash has said there is enthusiastic support for library e-lending from many trade publishing houses, describing fears over remote downloading as not a real issue. Potash was visiting London this week for talks with the major publishers,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US public libraries are more popular than ever, but library workers are mostly not paid a livable wage: new research into library data. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-02-09 11:45:00 UTC ]
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Tethered to our smartphones, over-scheduled, spiritually and physically fatigued--all symptoms of a society gone crazy busy. Is running from work to school to church to practice to home and back again really the best way to live? A crop of new books says no. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The survey captured a range of trends in patron engagement from 115 ULC member libraries, "representing nearly 2,300 locations and serving over 87.5 million people” for 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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"Are we continuing to pretend that libraries are inherently neutral and apolitical institutions?" Thoughts? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-11-08 12:30:00 UTC ]
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"Along with bomb threats and book challenges, we're seeing an increase in the number of libraries dealing with ransomware attacks." Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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At least two books in Escambia County Public Libraries were relocated following complaints by the same person behind book bans at Escambia Schools. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-17 17:35:58 UTC ]
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Today is a double anniversary in New York City. On May 23, 1845, the New York Police Department was founded, and 50 years later on May 23, 1895, the New York Public Library was established. Today, over a century and a half later, these two city institutions are not getting equal slices of their... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-23 16:59:57 UTC ]
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A Louisiana bill would criminalize membership in the American Library Association with fines, jail time, or hard labor. No, this isn't a joke. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The data supports the work of libraries and library workers far more than it doesn't. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-01-05 11:40:00 UTC ]
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Libraries are for everyone, no matter your background, identity, or experiences. These pride in the library goods highlight that. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-06-14 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Kirk Cameron is encouraging a national story time event in US public libraries August 5. Here's what library workers need to know. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-06-05 10:37:00 UTC ]
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