- since e-books don't fall apart, libraries need fewer copies
- publishers may impose higher prices and other restrictions, e.g., "ownership"
- limited availability: e-book version not yet available, or library budgets tight
- long waiting time for borrowers
- See also: Overdrive and Jackson County Library
- How do you check out library e-books on an Amazon Kindle? 12/10/2012
- Penguin looks to Los Angeles, Cleveland to expand e-book lending Penguin sells books to public libraries six months after their launch. The books can only be lent to one person at a time. At the end of a year, Penguin forces libraries to buy the book again in if it wants to continue to lend it out. If libraries fail to buy a title again, they can no longer offer it to customers; 11/19/2012
- Avid library ebook borrowers claim it doesn’t affect their book buying 11/15/2012
- Turns Out When Random House Said Libraries 'Own' Their Ebooks, It Meant, 'No, They Don't Own Them' 10/24/2012
- Ray Bradbury's 'The Book And The Butterfly' essay about libraries; 10/2/2012
- Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks Random House prices up 300% in March; 9/17/2012
Libraries Go Direct To Indie Authors, Rather Than Deal With Big Publisher Ebook Limits 9/7/2012- On Borrowing Digital Books From the Library formats; avail. of titles; waits; 8/9/2012
- From Penguin, a Plan to Make Its E-Books Available in New York City Libraries 3M; new title 6 month window; no Kindle; 6/20/2012
- Libraries, patrons, and e-books Pew study; limited selection; lack of awareness; reading more; 6/19/2012
Amazon adds all 7 Harry Potter books to its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library 6/19/2012- Awful Library Books
- Every Single Harry Potter Book Will Be Free on Amazon Prime via Kindle Lending Library; 1/month; 5/10/2012
- 3M Cloud Library Lends Not Only E-Books, But Also E-Reader Hardware online or via kiosks; 100,000 titles; for Nook and 3M reader apps; 4/27/2012
- E-Book Borrowing, Preceded by E-Book Waiting lack of availability and lengthy waiting lists; how to download for various devices; 4/12/2012
Penguin Pointlessly Annoys Readers With USB-Only eBooks (no wireless xfer for borrowed books); 3/7/2012- Libraries protest Random House price hike 3/2/2012
- A Guide to Publishers in the Library Ebook Market 2/24/2012
- Publishers vs. Libraries: An E-Book Tug of War (inconvenience; delays; limited checkouts); 12/25/2011
- Everyone loves e-books, but no one wants to lend them 11/23/2011
- Is the eBook Ecosystem Affected by the Amazon Library Lending Process? (privacy, checkout limits, expansion of audience, self-publishing); 10/28/2011
The Future Of Libraries In The E-Book Age (HarperCollins); 4/4/2011- As Library E-Books Live Long, Publisher Sets Expiration Date (HarperCollins); 3/15/2011
- A Limit on Lending E-Books 2/27/2011
- This Library E-Book Will Self-Destruct After 26 Check Outs 2/25/2011