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, ...

The e-book revolution had already transformed the concept of “going to the library,” even before the pandemic confined large swaths of the population to their homes and shuttered many public libraries ...

E-book lending surged during the pandemic and has continued to climb, but restrictive licensing rules mean libraries are paying a steep price. The post The digital library dilemma: Why e-book ...

As libraries around the U.S. shutter their physical locations to battle the outbreak of Covid-19, they are rapidly transferring budget dollars to e-books, digital audio, and other digital media to ...

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 ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. 160 million people in the United States don’t own a library ...

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 ...

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 ...