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zxcvbnm · 02-11-2011, 07:05 PM

Almost all libraries seem to use the overdrive system from the overdrive company in Ohio.

http://www.overdrive.com/Solutions/Publishers/

I assume whichever publisher owns the electronic rights just fills in the publisher application and can then load their books into the overdrive library.

However even with the books theoretically available you would be reliant on some librarian deciding to buy a copy to stock in their digital library collection. So far looking at the libraries using overdrive few of them have a comprehensive collection of even Dick Francis or John Grisham, just a few piecemeal examples. So I wouldn't neccessarily get your hopes up. But of course you can't win if you don't play...

Also in the United Kingdom, until they formalise the legislation, there are no royalties on librarly e-book lending. Though no doubt they will come.

Not that I know anything about this in practice...

02-11-2011, 07:05 PM	#2
zxcvbnm Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	Almost all libraries seem to use the overdrive system from the overdrive company in Ohio. http://www.overdrive.com/Solutions/Publishers/ I assume whichever publisher owns the electronic rights just fills in the publisher application and can then load their books into the overdrive library. However even with the books theoretically available you would be reliant on some librarian deciding to buy a copy to stock in their digital library collection. So far looking at the libraries using overdrive few of them have a comprehensive collection of even Dick Francis or John Grisham, just a few piecemeal examples. So I wouldn't neccessarily get your hopes up. But of course you can't win if you don't play... Also in the United Kingdom, until they formalise the legislation, there are no royalties on librarly e-book lending. Though no doubt they will come. Not that I know anything about this in practice...