On April 29, improvements will be made to OverDrive, the library’s ebook website, changing the look, feel, and experience of checking out ebooks!
Changes Coming to OverDrive Ebook Website
Posted by Jeff Tate on April 18, 2013
All Booked Up: What’s on Your Ereader?
Posted by Lisa Coble-Krings on January 18, 2013
Find out what ereaders Diana and Kathy own and why they love reading on them. They love to talk about books, so we asked them, what’s on your ereader. Find out how the library can help select you an ereader and get reading.
Read and Discuss Roughing It by Mark Twain
Posted by Lissa Staley on January 14, 2013
Roughing It by Mark Twain (1872) is a semi-autobiographical account of his six years traveling in the West, including Nevada and San Francisco. Twain’s satiric humor and imagination freely inspire his memory of these adventures. Discuss at the library on Monday, February 11, 2013, 1:30–3:00 pm in the Marvin Auditorium 101C.
eReaders at Your Fingertips: Try Before You Buy
Posted by Lisa Coble-Krings on December 11, 2012
Shopping for a new eReader can be confusing. Try our eReader Demo station to touch and interact with several of the most popular devices on the market.
Aug/Sept ConnectNow Library News – What’s Happening @ your library
Posted by Lisa Coble-Krings on July 11, 2012
We share good news about a petition that reached its goal of 10,000 signatures all in the spirit of bringing you more ebooks at your library. In early May, the library built a website and hosted an electronic petition urging the big six publishers (Penguin, HarperCollins, Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Hachette) to [...]
10,000 People Want eBooks in Libraries
Posted by Diana Friend on June 25, 2012
If your business received 10,000 requests for a product you had in stock, would you sell it to them? In just seven weeks, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, through ebooksforlibraries.com, has collected 10,000 signatures requesting publishers provide ebooks to libraries by developing a business model that allows publishers and authors to thrive. The [...]
Library Systems Join Together To Demand Better Service for Ebook Users
Posted by Lisa Coble-Krings on June 7, 2012
A nationwide campaign is underway to urge publishers to provide wider access to ebooks for libraries and for those ebooks to integrate seamlessly into libraries’ catalogs. Learn more.
Ereaders: Try Before You Buy
Posted by Jeff Tate on May 17, 2012
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library has a new and improved ereader display where you can test some of the newest ereaders and tablets.
Greater Access to eBooks in Libraries; Visit ebooksforlibraries.com
Posted by Lisa Coble-Krings on May 8, 2012
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library has launched www.ebooksforlibraries.com in a grassroots effort to encourage readers to contact publishers directly about the limits or restricted access they are imposing on supplying ebooks to libraries. With a goal of reaching 10,000 signatures, more than 5,000 signed the petition in 10 days. While sales of ereaders [...]
Check out ebooksforlibraries.com!
Posted by David Lee King on May 1, 2012
Please check out our library’s petition website - ebooksforlibraries.com. What’s it for? It’s all about getting you guys – our customers – the books you want to read in the formats you want to read them in: We are having trouble getting ebooks from the largest publishing companies. These publishers are adding restrictions and price increases, or [...]
Do You Use Ebooks at Your Library?
Posted by Jeff Tate on April 18, 2012
Support your Library by participating in a short national survey to help libraries, publishers, and other organizations understand how you use ebooks & libraries!
