E-book lending surged during the pandemic and has continued to climb, but restrictive licensing rules mean libraries are ...

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As libraries work to upgrade and diversify offerings in the digital age, many have to carefully navigate publisher ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books on ...

Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access. By Erik Ofgang It’s hard to imagine a library that doesn’t carry “Fahrenheit 451.” But ...

Officials at leading library e-book platform OverDrive said that 2023 was another record-breaking year for digital library circulation, with a 19% increase in library checkouts of digital media over ...

The Suffolk Cooperative Library System has reached a digital milestone. The system reported its 4 millionth download in 2025 ...

As libraries around the U.S. shutter their physical locations to battle the outbreak of Covid-19, they are rapidly transferring budget dollars to e-books, digital audio, and other digital media to ...

Greater Victoria Public Library CEO Maureen Sawa said e-book prices charged by book publishers are causing cost pressures at ...

The way people choose to get lost in a book is changing, and it’s costing public libraries and the local governments that fund them a lot of money. Fewer readers are toting around their latest ...

Fourteen million — that’s how many digital checkouts the Toronto Public Library logged last year. It’s a record number for ...

A dedicated e-reader is a great device to carry around with you, particularly if you have a large library of books in your digital collection. The best e-readers, like our top pick, the Amazon Kindle ...