Libraries

Indie Author Day is part of the Indie Author Project, a library-backed initiative that recognizes self-published authors.

This is the fourth ownership change for the distributor in recent years; it was bought out by current CEO Aman Kochar from Follett in 2021.

A screenshot on social media shows Amazon customer service confirming that distribution to public libraries is okay.

A Harvard-based institution is working with libraries and museums around the world on making their collections available for training by AI.

The court found that “a library’s collection decisions are government speech and therefore not subject to Free Speech challenge.”

Meanwhile, 21 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the elimination of IMLS, among other agencies.

President Trump has ordered the closure of the only federal agency that supports libraries by sending funds to state libraries.

The newsletter and podcast will “center the role of libraries in the 21st-century publishing business.”

Hoopla says it will revise its “collection development policy to ensure we adhere to and evolve with industry best practices.”

OverDrive recently announced that digital borrowing through their system increased by 17 percent in 2024 compared to 2023.

Libraries have typically been able only to license ebooks and audiobooks from publishers and aggregators, with no option to buy.

Children’s author Darcy Pattison, who runs Mims House Books, responded to our article on publisher-library relationships.

While atypical lending models may affect book sales, an Australian publishing effort demonstrates that library lending can have a positive effect on the commercial market.

According to OverDrive, the leading distributor of digital books to libraries, digital borrowing saw a 19 percent increase overall in 2023.

In December, the LAPL, the fifth-largest public library system in the United States, announced its acquisition of Angel City Press.

The Internet Archive has long scanned print works then lent them as ebooks through its website.

The DPLA Banned Book Club makes ebook copies of banned titles available in the places where those books have been banned.

Draft2Digital, the popular ebook distributor in the US for independent authors, just announced a distribution deal with DPLA.

Industry review outlet Foreword Reviews is launching Library Insights Summit (LIS), a day-long event for librarians and publishers.

According to OverDrive, which distributes digital materials to 22,000 libraries in 45 countries, these were the most popular titles globally.

Since early 2020, tensions have swelled between big publishers and libraries, partly due to an ongoing lawsuit by publishers against the Internet Archive.

The suit against the Internet Archive’s CDL policy raises important questions on how library lending affects publishers and authors.

The Palace Project app allows library patrons to access all of their library’s digital content through a single interface.

Changes in the number and nature of book bans require book-loving community members to push back against bans at a local level.

OverDrive just announced that 2021 saw a 16 percent increase in lending of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines.