open library towards a business model for publishers and libraries
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Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries. Books in Browsers. Search Engines. Readers. Libraries. Publishers. Booksellers. Distributed lending & vending on the Internet. Publishers sell books. Libraries buy and lend books. Avoid a Monopoly - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Open Library towards a business model for
publishers and libraries
Search Engines
Libraries
PublishersBooksellers
Readers
Distributed lending & vending on the Internet
Books in Browsers
Publishers sell books.
Libraries buy and lend books.
Avoid a Monopolyon eBook Distribution
Buy & Lend New eBooks
Digitize & Lend Old Books
How It Works 1
Openlibrary.org/borrow
openlibrary.org/borrow – 100,000 eBooks available In-Library, 10,000 eBooks available to all
How It Works 2
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Choose a book to borrow
How It Works 3
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Select a Format: In-Browser, PDF or ePub
How It Works 4
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Open distribution to any device with a Web Browser
How It Works 5
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Account holders can borrow up to 5 books at once, for up to 2 weeks.
How It Works 6
Openlibrary.org/borrow
One loan per title at any one time.
How It Works 7
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Other libraries are contributing titles to the lending library pool, like the Boston Public Library.
openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read– Display lendable Open Library titles live in your catalog.
openlibrary.org/libraries – 1,000 libraries in the In-Library lending program
California Kansas North Carolina
3 US States have joined the In-Library lending program
Today, we’d like to announce that all 50 State Librarians endorse the Open Library lending system.
Publishers: Sell eBooks to libraries directly.
Libraries: Buy and lend eBooks,digitize and lend your existing books.
Build an open library and open up eBook publishing.