There are currently 342 potential borrowers waiting for 197 digital copies of Ronan Farrow’s investigative thriller Catch and Kill at the Los Angeles Public Library. “It’ll take months for that ebook ...

Stephen King's novel Fairy Tale eBook sells for $16.99 to the public, but $62.99 to libraries. Credit: CTMirror photo Imagine if the Department of Transportation had to pay four to six times more than ...

Connecticut libraries are licensing e-books instead of owning them, driving up long-term costs and straining budgets.

As patron interest in ebooks continues to grow, maintaining a robust digital collection can strain library budgets. Alternative licensing and access models remain one of the best ways for libraries to ...

Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.Like many libraries ...

Many libraries have been struggling to deal with the rising costs of e-books and audiobooks as the demand at local libraries has seen an uptick in recent years. Connecticut’s West Haven Public Library ...

Before Sarah Adler moved to Maryland last week, she used library cards from her Washington, DC, home and neighboring counties in Virginia and Maryland to read books online. The Libby app, a slick and ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — eBooks are all the rage nowadays. Did you know you can borrow eBooks for free from the library? Today the Digital Bookmobile visited Wilmington to teach traditional readers how ...

Public libraries are a national treasure that few people seem to appreciate anymore, but I am here to tell you that you are ignoring a precious resource because these bastions of socialism don’t just ...

YORK, Pa. — Libraries across the country are dealing with rising costs of eBooks and Pennsylvania libraries are no exception. York County Libraries says the demand for eBooks has gone up by 5% over ...