B&N Touts Library Services - Publishers Weekly

Did you know they were already a library supplier?

Panzer found this post about the library market at Publishers Weekly site.

 

Jim Milliot reports Barnes and Noble is the latest book supplier to go after the library market now that Baker and Taylor are gone.

 

Panzer says, "Everybody wants to get into the library market."

 

Note: This is a short post. All you'll need is a half cup of tea. If you plan to follow the links at the end of the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to snack on..

 

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble 

Comics Thrive in Libraries Through Digital Lending - Publishers Weekly

Did you know about this?

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he stopped in at the Publishers Weekly site. There with no digging at all he found a post about comics.

Brigid Alverson's post is about the Comic Plus platform. Comic Plus allows school students to check out comic graphic novels from their school libraries. The post also covers other school library platforms and has interviews.

Panzer says, "This little kitty didn't know you could check out "graphic novels" from school libraries."

Note: This is a long-medium post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Comics in Libraries

OverDrive: Record Number of Libraries Hit One Million Digital Lends in 2023 - Publishers Weekly

Did you miss me yesterday?

Yesterday, due to a windstorm we lost internet access. It's back today; so, Panzer made a little trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There with no digging at all in the posts, he found one about OverDrive and the libraries it serves.

 

According to Andrew Albanese's post, 152 libraries globally had one million or more digital lends to library patrons last year. The post includes a list of the top 10 lending libraries, a list of the top lending consortiums, and a list of the 25 first time on the one million lends list libraries. Also included is a link to all the million and more lends library list.

Panzer says, "Hmm. Maybe this little kitty should try to get his ebooks into the library systems."

Note: Because of the lists included in the post, this is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of hot cocoa to drink while you read today.

To read the post tootle over to OverDrive

How to Connect with Your Local Public Library - Writers Who Kill

Today, Panzer decided to spend some time searching the Catosphere to find ways to get his books into libraries. His first stop was the Writers Who Kill site. There he found Shari Randall invited two writers associated with libraries to do a post for the blog.The two writers are members of Sisters in Crime with Shari Randall.

Libraries are good places to visit.

In the post Susan Hammerman interviews Cari Dubiel about how authors can get their books in libraries. One of the primary ways is to approach your local library. As is pointed out in the interview, it's a waste of time to email or send information to libraries that have no idea who you are since you have no connection to them.

 

Panzer says, "There's some good information in the post."

 

Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for your reading time.

 

To read the post tootle over to public libraries

Court Blocks Maryland's Library E-book Law - Publlishers Weekly

Today Panzer made a stop at the Publishers Weekly site. With hardly any digging at all in the posts there, our inquisitive kitty boy found one about Maryland's Library E-book law.

 

Interesting decision.

According to Andrew Albanese's post, a federal judge has ruled in favor of the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) argument that a new Maryland library e-book law infringes on U.S. copyright law. The judge granted an injunction stopping enforcement of the law. The law was passed by the Maryland General Assembly and scheduled to go into effect on January 1. It was written to help libraries be able to offer e-books to their patrons. The basic premise of the law was, if a publisher offered their e-books to customers in Maryland, the publishers would have to offer/license the e-book to libraries "on reasonable terms." The post includes links to other posts with additional information.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty is confused. How does this infringe on copyright?"

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a big cup of cocoa, a chocolate chip cookie (biscuit), and a muffin. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what other refreshments to bring.

 

To read the post tootle over to Maryland's e-book law

The Ultimate Home Library - Do Some Damage

Today, Panzer was shaken from his kitty bed by clapping and chortling. Following all the jocularity took our adventuresome kitty boy to the Do Some Damage site. There he found a post about a home library.

Mom would love it.

The post by Claire Booth includes a photo from the newspaper of her idea of the perfect home library.

Panzer says, "Looks kinda like Mom's office."

Note: This is a short post.

To see what all the lively interest is about tootle over to The Ultimate Home Library

CWA Dagger Award Winners 2021 - Mystery Fanfare

 Today Panzer made a stop at the Mystery Fanfare site. With a little digging in the posts our inquisitive kitty found one about the Crime Writers Association's Dagger Awards

 

Those daggers are sharp.

According to site owner Janet Rudolph's post, the Dagger Awards winners were announced July 1 by the UK's Crime Writers Association (CWA) There were eleven Daggers awarded for novels by authors both new and old, for short stories, for publishers, for translations, for libraries, and for lifetime achievement. The post includes a link to the CWA site where you can download the press release.

 

Panzer says, "It must have taken a lot of reading to get it down to one winner in each category."

 

Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a glass of lemonade for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to CWA

OverDrive to acquire Kanopy - Publishers Weekly

 Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers Weekly site. With no digging at all he found a post about OverDrive and Kanopy.

 

According to the post by Andrew Albanese, OverDrive is buying Kanopy. OverDrive is the major supplier of materials to libraries. Kanopy is a library service which makes documentary videos, movies and educational videos available to library patrons for free. There are links included in the post about OverDrive's previous acquisitions. There's no real information about what the acquisition will mean for the continuation of Kanopy.

Goodbye Kanopy?

 

Panzer says, "Mom watches educational videos on Kanopy. This little kitty wonders what will happen now."

 

Note: This is a short, short medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Overdrive and Kanopy

Macmillan CEO John Sargent Is Departing - The New York Times

Today, when Panzer was washing the Panzermobile after our trip to the Bloody Scotland conference, he found something stuck under the windshield wiper. Flattening it out, our fastidious kitty discovered it was a post from The New York Times site about Macmillan CEO John Sargent. Panzer told you about soon-to-be-ex CEO Sargent day before yesterday.

What does it all mean?

According to The New York Times post by Alexandra Alter, there seems to be more to CEO John Sargent's exit from Macmillan than was originally reported. It appears there were more problems in Macmillan than the general public was aware of. While the post lists the library embargo as part of Macmillan's problems, it also highlights recent employee layoffs, employee walkouts and book publishing disagreements. Also included in the post is some interesting information about John Sargent's parents.

 

 Panzer says, "It just gets more interesting every day."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring two cups of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Macmillan

To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to John Sargent

 

 

 

'Emergency' Online Library Draws Ire of Some Authors - The New York Times

As Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today, he decided to make a stop at The New York Times site. There he found a post about the Internet Archive's "National Library Emergency" declaration. Panzer told you about this so called 'Emergency' a couple of days ago.

According to the post by Alexandra Alter, the Internet Archive (IA) has 1.4 million digital books online. All those ebooks are available for anybody to "check out" for free. Some authors have found that without their permission their books were available on IA. These authors have been asking to have their books removed and most have been, although one author reported scanned copies were still available. It turns out IA has been scanning books and turning them into digital books without telling the authors or publishers what the company was doing. Authors and author groups see this as copyright infringement; however, IA says its not because they call themselves a library and scan donated and bought books.

We get our ebooks from the local library.

Panzer says, "This little kitty is wondering, since my local library system (King County Library System) here in western Wshington is advertising on television that you can check out ebooks and audio books from them online, what is the Internet Archive's emergency?"

Note: This is a long post. Bring two cups of tea and three muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Internet Archive

To read Panzer's previous post about IA's Emergency declaration tootle over to Authors Guild outraged

Library Extension Turns Amazon.com Into a Branch of Your Local Library- The Digital Reader

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he decided to make a stop at The Digital Reader site.There with a little digging in the posts he found one about a browser add-on that works with Amazon and libraries.

You can just check it out right at home.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, there's a browser add-on that allows you to use Amazon as a search engine for your local library. The post includes a screen shot to help you use the add-on. It's as easy as going to Amazon and looking at an ebook, then seeing if your library has the book and check the book out from the library.

Panzer says, "Be sure to read the Comments section."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection."

To read the post tootle over to library extension

Macmillan Can't Adapt to the Market, So It's Forcing Customers to Adopt to It - The Digital Reader

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere he decided to make a stop at The Digital Reader site. With a little digging in the posts there he found one about the Macmillan embargo of libraries. Our studious kitty boy has been updating you on this issue every since it started. Under the Macmillan is only allowing libraries to purchase one copy of a newly published ebook until two months after its publication.

Where does he get his information?

In The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder's post, he explains why he believes Macmillan CEO John Sargent is making unsubstantiated claims about library patrons and their ebook use. CEO Sargent believes if library patrons can't get an ebook in a timely manner at the library, 8 percent of those patron will buy a hardcover copy of the book. According to Mr. Hoffelder's analysis, the publishing company appears to be functioning under a pre-ebook mentality. As he points out, Macmillan is trying to sell books to and through bookstores, instead of to book buyers. This is probably why Macmillan's sales are down and not to libraries or their patrons. There is a link included in the post to a press release issued earlier this month by the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies about CEO Sargent's appearance at a meeting with them.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Mom and What's His Name must not be part of CEO Sargent's 8 percent. If they can't find the ebook they want through the library, they just look for another ebook by somebody else. "

Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a chocolate muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to read the second post, bring an extra cup of cocoa and another chocolate muffin.

To read the post tootle over to Macmillan

To read Panzer's previous post about Macmillan tootle over to Macmillan CEO

Bibliotheca Calls Out Amazon for Meddling in the Library E-Book Market - Publishers Weekly

Today Panzer made a trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There with a little digging in the posts our adventuresome kitty pilot found a post about Amazon's perceived influence on libraries.

Mom and I like libraries.

According to the Publishers Weekly post by Andrew Albanese, Bibliotheca SVP of Digital Products Tom Mercer is blaming Amazon for publisher Macmillan's recent embargo on libraries and other publishers' changes to library terms. Panzer told you about the embargo earlier this month. Tom Mercer says Amazon has access to the company's customers' library usage information and is giving that information to publishers and authors.  He believes Amazon collected the library usage information through vendors such as OverDrive. OverDrive offers online library patrons the ability to read their checked-out ebooks using the OverDrive Libby app or patrons can choose the Kindle app. He wants libraries to pressure OverDrive to stop allowing patrons to use the Kindle app. There are links in the post to a copy of Tom Mercer's letter to librarians and to other information about Amazon.

Panzer says, "This little kitty knows Mom uses the Libby app for library ebooks."

Note: This is a h-u-m-u-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a gallon of lemonade and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, bring another gallon of lemonade and a dozen muffins.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon

To read Panzer's earlier post about Macmillan's embargo tootle over to Macmillan

Trump Budget Calls for Closing the NEA - Publishers Weekly

Today as Panzer was taking his noon nap, he was rudely shaken from his kitty bed by shouting and crying coming from the Catosphere. Hopping into the Panzermobile, our sleep deprived kitty boy followed all the noise to the Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging in the posts he found one about President Donald Trump's FY2020 budget.

I don't understand him.

According to Jim Milliot, President Trump's FY2020 budget would completely do away with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) agency. In 2018 the NEA awarded 2,322 grants from its budget funds. The grants were for arts programming, education programs and emergency funding. This is the third budget President Trump has tried to eliminate the NEA. Panzer already told you the budget also includes eliminating the federal library funding.

Panzer says, "Why does he hate books and art education so much?"

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to National Endowment for the Art

To read the previous post about President Trump's budget proposal, tootle over to Institute of Museum and Library Services

The statistics behind audiobooks' continued growth - Perspectives On Reading

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took him to the Perspectives On Reading site. There our traveling kitty found a post about audiobooks.

According to Perspective on Reading staff writer Adam Sockel, library audio book usage is up 46 percent. So far this year library users have checked out 220,000 audio books daily. The post includes several charts to show audio book listeners by age, listening habits, daily length of time listening, and more. Perspectives on Reading is a publication of library supplier OverDrive.

Yes, it's definitely time.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty thinks it's time to do an audio book to get into the library market."

Note: Because of all the charts included this is a long-medium post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins.

To read the post tootle over to audio books

Boldface now in OverDrive's Libby ebook app for library patrons: How to use it - TeleRead

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the TeleRead site. With a little digging our traveling kitty boy found a post about OverDrive's Libby app.

According to TeleRead site founder David Rothman, library ebook provider OverDrive has added the boldface fonts option to its Libby app. Library users will now be able to choose to read an ebook in boldface fonts. Boldface makes it easier for those with visual contrast impairments to read their library ebooks. The boldface feature is available in iOS and Android. The post includes a sample of the boldface font and instructions about how to turn on the boldface feature in your Libby app.

My ebooks are in the library.

Panzer says, "This little kitty thinks it's about time OverDrive added this feature."

Note: This is a long post. Bring half a thermos of tea and half a dozen muffins for today's reading feature.

To read the post tootle over to OverDrive's Libby app

Smashwords to Supply Nearly 300,000 Titles to Bibliotheca cloudLibrary - Smashwords

Panzer was shaken from his afternoon nap by cheering and clapping. Jumping into the Panzermobile our sleepy kitty followed all the noise to the Smashwords site. There he found an announcement about Bibliotheca.

Libraries are good for readers.

According to the post by Mark Coker, Smashwords announced an agreement with Bibliotheca to distribute ebooks to the 3,000 libraries in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia that use Bibliotheca's cloudLibrary service. Mr. Coker points out that because of the large volume of Smashwords ebooks to be uploaded to the cloudLibrary system, it will be several weeks before all ebooks will be available. To use the service a patron to log into the library through the service and "checks out" their ebook. The ebook then resides on the patron's computer, tablet or device for a specified amount of time and is then "checked back into the library."

Panzer says, "There are several links in the post, including one to download the app."

Note: This is a shortish-long post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin to read the original post and, if you plan to follow the links, bring an extra cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to  Smashwords:

Bookstackk Lets Readers Share Book Recommendations - GalleyCat

Panzer was cleaning out the Panzermobile today when he found found a wadded up post under the pilot's seat. After smoothing out the post, our fastidious kitty discovered it was from the GalleyCAT site.

Looks interesting. I think I'll join.

According to the post by Dianna Dilworth, there's a new site similar to Goodreads called Bookstackk. The Bookstackk network lets readers have a library, review books they've read, see others' reviews, and have book discussions with other readers. There's a link to the Bookstackk site included in the post.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Do you think Amazon will buy Bookstackk like they did Goodreads?"

Note: This is a shortish post. If you just plan to read the post, bring a cup of tea; but, if you plan to follow the link and go to the Bookstackk site as well, bring a muffin too.

To read the post, tootle over to Bookstackk