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eBook Instruction Guides

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Discover the Next Generation of your library’s digital collection

media on demand - the Next Generation media on demand has made it faster and more intuitive to connect you to the e-books and audiobooks you love. Check out the easy-to-follow steps they've outlined to help you find the book you want and start enjoying it sooner! Get acquainted with their new user experience: the Next Generation - NOW!



IndieFlix

IndieFlix - brings the Film Festival home. Founded by filmmakers, IndieFlix is part champion, part curator. They strive to bring you the best and quirkiest independent films you've never heard of! Just another great resource brought to you by the Friends of the Frankfort Public Library District. Join Us!



Zinio

Zinio - Get your favorite magazines online! The Library has access to over 50 magazine titles including Consumer Reports, Martha Stewart Living, mental_floss, and Rolling Stone! View the list of available magazines. Need help getting started - check out our Zinio Patron User Guide. Zinio - another great resource brought to you by the Friends of the Frankfort Public Library District. Join Us!



OverDrive How-To Videos

OverDrive How-To Videos Quickly learn how to browse, check out, and download a digital book from the OverDrive collection to your mobile device.



OverDrive Media Console App

Enjoy eBooks and eAudio on the go! The mobile version of OverDrive Media Console is supported by all major smartphones. To download, visit your phone's app store or marketplace and search for 'OverDrive Media Console' or click your phone type below.
Android  |   iPhone / iPad / iPod touch  |   BlackBerry  |   Windows Phone 7

Media On Demand Login Change

Beginning Monday, July 16 your login for our eBook provider Media On Demand will change. In addition to using your Frankfort Public Library District Card, you will login with your SWAN online catalog's My Account PIN. If you do not remember your PIN, you can recover it online via the SWAN online catalog. Contact the Adult Services Desk at (815) 534-6173 with questions.

ebooks

by ebooks on June 30th, 2012

Libraries, publishers, and writers continue to work out the kinks in providing e-books to readers.  Meanwhile, publishers are using data from e-book usage to find out more about reading behavior.  For example, they know just how long it takes an average reader to finish the Hunger Games trilogy.

 

Alexandra Alter explains how digital-book publishers and retailers know more about their readers than ever before.  Amazon, Apple and Google can easily track how far readers are getting in books, how long they spend reading them and which search terms they use to find books.

Your E-Book Is Reading You

 

New reports show that although more e-books are becoming available to library patrons, libraries still face many challenges in providing those books.

Yeah, e-books are great--but libraries are in a tough spot

 

Read Jeremy Greenfield's update on the relationship between big publishers and libraries.

What is Going On With Library E-Book Lending?

 

Locally, The Publication Standard Project has been founded to promote standardization, access, and ease of use.  They oppose DRM (Digital Rights Managment = ebooks are encrypted so that only one kind of e-reader can read the material) and closed platforms on all published writing and advocate for the use of ePub.

Sign Up for "Saner, More Humane Digital Publishing"

 



ebooks

by ebooks on May 3rd, 2012

This is a busy week in the discussion about ebooks, technology, libraries, and the publishing industry. Authors are also speaking out and taking more control over rights to their work.

 

A Lifetime of Writing

Author Kate Wilhelm, who has published dozens of novels and short stories for over 50 years, will now publish her out-of-print titles, as well as those of her late husband, at InfinityBox Press, her new publishing company.

 

ebooks for libraries

Our colleagues at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library explain why Karl can't get ebooks from his library and have started a petition to send a message to publishers.  As Karl says, "Reading is everyone's business."

 

What Is the Role of Libraries in the Age of E-Books and Digital Information?

Jenny Shank, at MediaShift, talks about the role of libraries, budget cuts, service demands, digital information, publishers, and the digital divide. 

 

 



ebooks

by ebooks on April 17th, 2012

With the growing popularity of e-books, many library and communities are experiencing waiting lists for e-books.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/technology/personaltech/e-books-are-ea...



Info for ebook users

by ebooks on March 23rd, 2012

You will notice that certain authors are not available in Media On Demand. Due to publisher restrictions, we are not able to offer you ebooks published by Simon & Schuster and Macmillan. New titles published by Hachette Book Group, Penguin and Brilliance Audio are no longer offered to libraries.

Additionally, Penguin (NAL, Berkley, Dutton, Riverhead, Viking, Dial Young Readers, Philomel, Putnam, and Speak) is restricting how ebooks are downloaded to devices. Their titles must be downloaded to a computer, then transferred via a USB cable to a moble device.

HarperCollins has put a 26-checkout limit on their titles. That means that once a title has been checked out 26 times, it is no longer available and must be repurchased.

If you would like to see an author's book available as an eBook or eAudiobook in the library, you can write to or call each publisher to register your opinion. For your convenience, the addresses are provided below.

Macmillan Publishing
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-7521
customerservice@mpsvirginia.com

Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-7000
http://simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us

Hachette Book Group
466 Lexington Avenue #131
New York, NY 10017
(212) 364-1100
customer.service@hbgusa.com

Penguin Group
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2000
ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com

Brilliance Audio
1704 Eaton Drive
Grand Haven, MI 49417
(616) 846-5256
libsales@brillianceaudio.com

QUESTIONS?

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