10,000 People Want eBooks in Libraries

Posted by on June 25, 2012

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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 [...]

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Check out ebooksforlibraries.com!

Posted by on May 1, 2012

Sign a petition to support wider access to ebooks at your library

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 [...]

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A Tribute to the R.E.A.D. Dogs Program

Posted by on April 18, 2012

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A delightful bronze bench – featuring a little girl and a dog so cute they beckon kids to sit and enjoy a good book with them – was unveiled at Wednesday, April 18 in the Kids Library. Eight famous (at least around the library) Reading Education Assistance Dogs, including Waverly, the Labrador-mix who was the model [...]

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HUSH: a podcast from your library – Episode 14 – What’s on Gina’s Kindle?

Posted by on November 9, 2011

Hush a podcast for your library Episode 14 What’s on Gina’s Kindle

Listen to the HUSH podcast (33:53) about books and movies. This episode focuses on what Library CEO Gina Millsap is reading on her Kindle. Reading is becoming situational — with ebooks, audiobooks, print books all meeting people’s needs in different ways. Have you read any of our recommendations? Plus continue the discussion on the library’s Goodreads group!

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Go Visit Your Library @ Goodreads.com

Posted by on July 16, 2011

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Do you keep track of everything you read? Do you get your reading inspiration from your family, friends, or the library? If you said yes to either of these questions, you might want to try Goodreads.com.

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