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• OverDrive Now Available on Nook

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• Check Out Library Books Using Your Phone

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  Digital resource use growing in schools across Australia and New Zealand

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  OverDrive Partners With Random House Canada

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  Open Access ebooks, part 4 – Libraries, by Eric Hellman

  1981 readersThe fourth section my book chapter on Open Access eBooks looks at theier relationship with libraries.  I previously posted the Introduction,  What does Open Access mean for eBooks andBusiness Models for Creation of Open Access E-Books. I’ll be posting one more section, a conclusion. Thank you for all of your comments; the completed chapter (and OA eBook) will

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  Open Access ebooks, part 4 – Libraries, by Eric Hellman

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  OverDrive Project Gutenberg Collection Report 100,000 downloads

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• Report: Penguin to Cease Windowing Library Ebook Titles

  721 readersPenguin is reportedly selling ebooks to libraries on the same day that the hardcover book comes out, according to a report by the Associated Press. A Penguin spokesperson has confirmed the story to Digital Book World. For about six months in 2012, Penguin wasn’t selling ebooks to libraries at all; in Feb., it had cut ties