Two weeks ago, the annual Book Expo America (BEA) conference hit New York City. A gathering of publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors, reviewers, and book bloggers, BEA is the CES or E3 of the ...

It was just over a year ago that a federal judge in Maryland struck down the state’s groundbreaking library e-book law. But with the 2023 legislative year underway, library advocates are back with new ...

While e-book rentals may be free for library patrons, public libraries are still on the hook for expensive digital licensing fees. Kai Ryssdal: For those who are unfamiliar, how does the business end ...

E-book lending surged during the pandemic and has continued to climb, but restrictive licensing rules mean libraries are paying a steep price. The post The digital library dilemma: Why e-book ...

The e-book revolution had already transformed the concept of “going to the library,” even before the pandemic confined large swaths of the population to their homes and shuttered many public libraries ...

LOS ANGELES -- Kindle e-reader and app users will be able to check out electronic books from more than 11,000 public libraries later this year, according to Amazon.com Inc., the company that sells ...

Some 94% of libraries offer e-books to borrowers. But now one of the five biggest book publishers in the United States, Macmillan, says it will limit each library to just one copy for the first eight ...

Amazon’s refusal to sell e-books published in-house to libraries is sparking backlash as demand for digital content spikes during the coronavirus pandemic. Librarians and advocacy groups are pushing ...

We are stuck home, but that doesn't mean we can't take a voyage back to 19th-century rural England or be whisked off to the coastal marshes of North Carolina or a far-flung fantasy world awash with ...

My eBook collection feels like an actual library now ...