Officials at leading library e-book platform OverDrive said that 2023 was another record-breaking year for digital library circulation, with a 19% increase in library checkouts of digital media over ...

Back in a March 27 column, I questioned whether the historic shutdown in response to Covid-19 could be a watershed moment for library e-books. Some seven months later, usage of e-books, digital audio, ...

If you haven’t visited your local public library lately, you might not realize that you no longer need to physically drop by to check out a book or a movie. Thousands of public libraries now let their ...

Two weeks ago, the annual Book Expo America (BEA) conference hit New York City. A gathering of publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors, reviewers, and book bloggers, BEA is the CES or E3 of the ...

Amazon has generally been reluctant to allow libraries to have access to its ebooks, preferring instead to make those available via its own Kindle ebook store. Public advocacy groups and libraries ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From the moment Betsy Hardi laces up her shoes in the morning to when she locks the door behind her at night, her ears are filled with stories The ...

Before Sarah Adler moved to Maryland last week, she used library cards from her Washington, DC, home and neighboring counties in Virginia and Maryland to read books online. The Libby app, a slick and ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center offers a collection of e-books and audiobooks for patients and their families and caregivers. Topics include mindfulness, meditation, yoga, nutrition during cancer treatment, ...