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Macmillan announced a select group eBooks will be made available to libraries in a pilot program to launch 1st quarter. The group consists of 1200 backlist titles from Minotaur Books, MacMillan’s mystery and crime imprint. The titles will be available through OverDrive as well as Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 and the 3M Cloud Library.
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This is an update to the original report released in 2012 and a helpful list of criteria to consider when looking at ebook vendors
Public Libraries: ALA Releases “E-Book Business Model Scorecard” http://ow.ly/h8eaO
To skip to the actual scorecard see: http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ebook_Scorecard.pdf
-Sara
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The Wisconsin Digital Library was the number 1 circulating OverDrive collection in the country from December 24-December 27! See the chart below; OverDrive couldn’t provide the other libraries circulation numbers without their permission, but some of the other top libraries include Phoenix, Maryland, King County, and Toronto.
