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Library Vendors Make Business Case to Publishers | BEA 2014

By on June 10, 2014
"The Untapped Retail Channel: Public Libraries” panel on Friday, May 30 at the 2014 BookExpo America (BEA) conference in New York

When ebooks or other digital materials are not readily available in libraries, publishers “are missing a key conduit to a market that [they] can’t tap any other way,” Rebecca T. Miller, editorial director for Library Journal and School Library Journal, stated in her opening remarks for the “The Untapped Retail Channel: Public Libraries” panel on Friday, May 30 at the 2014 BookExpo America (BEA) conference in New York. Leaders from top library ebook and streaming media companies weighed in on this issue during an hour-long discussion.

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Q&A: Recorded Books VP Matt Walker

By on September 16, 2013

On October 16, Library Journal and School Library Journal will host “The Digital Shift: Reinventing Libraries.” Our fourth annual online event has itself been reinvented in a new format, offering program tracks focused around community, instruction, and getting beyond the container to new content. Recorded Books is a gold sponsor of the event, and LJ reached out to Matt Walker, vice president of Recorded Books, in the second of a series of interviews addressing how the ongoing digital shift is transforming the libraries of today and tomorrow.

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More Vendors Help Libraries Stream Video

By on July 12, 2013
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Since the beginning of 2013, four major library vendors have announced the launch of new or expanded streaming services that will enable patrons to view movies and television shows at their library or at home using computers, tablets, smart TVs, or any device equipped with a web browser.

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Recorded Books Rolls Out IndieFlix Movie Streaming Service

By on January 28, 2013

Recorded Books has announced worldwide availability of IndieFlix for Libraries, an online streaming service that will offer access to independent films, shorts, and documentaries to library cardholders on computers, Android and iOS tablets and mobile devices, Roku, and later this year, PS3 and Xbox game consoles. The service will offer patrons unlimited access to films screened at more than 2,000 film festivals worldwide, and interested libraries would pay a flat annual fee using a tiered pricing model based on total materials circulation.

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With SirsiDynix Announcements, ILS Vendors Move Closer to Ebook Integration

By Matt Enis and Mike Kelley on January 14, 2013

With a flurry of partnership announcements pending before ALA Midwinter in Seattle, SirsiDynix is within weeks of the official launch of eResource Central (eRC).The electronic resource management system promises to make ebooks and other digital content from multiple vendors seamlessly available through its Symphony and Horizon ILS systems via the SirsiDynix Enterprise and Portfolio discovery tools.

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Recorded Books Hopes To Change Ebook Conversation With New Sales And Management Platform

By on December 11, 2012

In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with an ebook sales platform that will allow publishers to set their licensing terms for libraries on a title-by-title and market-by-market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing library circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.

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Recorded Books and Zinio Debuting Digital Magazine Newsstand for U.S. Libraries

By on May 29, 2012

Libraries across the U.S. are this week launching a digital magazine newsstand being offered by Recorded Books (RB) and Zinio.

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SkyRiver, Donohue Group Announce Record-Sharing Partnership

By on December 22, 2011

The Donohue Group (DGI) and SkyRiver Technology Solutions announced a partnership Wednesday in which DGI will supply full and in-process MARC records to SkyRiver’s database.

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