E-Content

ALA has just published a report on eBooks.  One of the articles is Navigating the eBook Revolution. It makes for interesting reading!

It’s Coming!

Many of you are familiar with our eBook, audiobook, music, and video download website from OverDrive (HTTP://ebooks.lvccld.org).  Now we have a chance to take this popular service to our patrons with the Digital Bookmobile, a high-tech tractor-trailer that creates an immersive download experience built around our ‘Virtual Branch’ download website. To preview this exciting vehicle [...]

CDs, going, going….

Did you see this article in today’s USAToday?

Announcing OverDrive Help

OverDrive is excited to announce the launch of OverDrive Help on February 14.  OverDrive Help contains hundreds of newly-written help articles covering everything users need to know to enjoy eBooks, audiobooks, music and video from your digital collection. Articles contain screenshots, software download links and links to related articles. Each article can be printed, emailed [...]

The eBook Evolution

The Press Democrat recently published an interesting article entitled “The e-book evolution” that speaks of the diverse ecosystem emerging for digital reading in 2012 as electronic devices become more mainstream and become more widely used by curious, tech-savvy consumers. Cooperfield’s Books now offers customers to browser the print version and if they want to purchase [...]

Staff Training Idea for eReaders

Jamie LaRue, Director of the Douglas County Libraries, shared this great idea for training staff on eBooks and eReaders. With the approval of his Board, the library provided a $50 rebate to library staff who purchased one of 6 pre-selected eBook readers/tablet devices.  Just over 100 staff took part in the rebate offer.  Jamie said [...]

eBook Summit

Don’t miss the upcoming LJ eBook Summit: eBooks The New Normal on Wednesday, October 12. It promises to be a full day of intriguing ideas that you won’t want to miss. I’m looking forward to this panel: The Ebook Evolution: How They’ll Change Public Libraries As ebooks catch fire with public library patrons librarians are poised to [...]

Mobile sites now remember your library card number on your device

The days of having to dig your library card out when you’re trying to download an eBook at the doctor’s office (or park, or airport terminal, or a bar mitzvah) are over. With the latest update to OverDrive-powered mobile sites, users will have the option for their devices to store their library card numbers. Starting [...]

Top 50 Downloads for 2011

You might be interested is seeing the Top 50 Downloads from the OverDrive media catalog for this year so far.  There are a few nice surprises!

Get 25% and Support Your Library

Offer expires May 2, 2011.  Be sure to select Las Vegas-Clark County Library District as your library at checkout!

LibraryBin 25% Offer

Libraries at the Tipping Point?

There has been some discussion about what is scary about ebooks? Here is an excellent presentation that, in my opinion, explains the issue pretty well. It’s from the “ebooks: Libraries @ the tipping point” was an interesting online conference that occurred on September 29, 2010. Eli Neiberger (Ann Arbor Public Library) gave a brilliant 20-minute [...]

Sneak Preview of OverDrive eBook App for iPhone & iPad

Click  the video graphic above or Watch the Video on YouTube In December 2010, you and your library customers will be able to enjoy eBooks and audiobooks on the iPhone in a single app! this app does work on iPad but because of the different display an iPad & Android apps are also coming soon.

eBrary Offers Free Ebooks for Professional Development

eBrary has put together a Library & KM (Knowledge Management) Information Center for professional Librarians. It contains over 140 ebooks specifically for librarians and knowledge managers.

ABCs of eReading

From the WSJ article – The ABCs of E-Reading Technology has brought a range of features to books that wouldn’t be possible in print. Children’s author Lynley Dodd sells a title from her “Hairy Maclary” series as an app for the iPad. It lets parents or kids record themselves reading the book aloud, and a [...]

New in Books, Movies & More

We have been busy making the Books, Music & More page more user friendly. We have had added two new tabs – New Arrivals and eMedia. The eMedia tab contains links to get patrons started with downloadables as well as links to resources which will inform them when new content is purchased. New items have [...]

eBook Reader Cover

Want your eBook Reader to look like a vintage book?  Check out Vintage Covers.

New eMedia Page

On the library’s website, we brought back the eMedia page.  It can be found under the Find Information menu.  This page provides quick access to OverDrive’s Quick Start Guide and supported devices. It also has a search box for Gale Virtual Reference Library and free sources for ebooks and eaudio books.

eBooks Reach the Tipping Point

eBooks appear to have reached a tipping point. Amazon says eBooks for the Kindle outsold hardcover books over the last three months. Over that time, Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers, and that pace has picked up in the last four weeks. Sales of the Kindle have tripled since Amazon cut the [...]

Come on, get app-y!

An eBook on the iPhone? Definitely. Our Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks are now available on the AccessMyLibrary free app for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Promote it to your patrons and students.  They can get the app by using: the Library for Your Mobile link on the Library’s website. Select #5 Mobile Apps Select [...]