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Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries

Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries. Books in Browsers. Search Engines. Readers. Libraries. Publishers. Booksellers. Distributed lending & vending on the Internet. Publishers sell books. Libraries buy and lend books. Avoid a Monopoly

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Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries

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  1. Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries

  2. Books in Browsers Search Engines Readers Libraries Publishers Booksellers Distributed lending & vending on the Internet

  3. Publishers sell books.Libraries buyand lend books.

  4. Avoid a Monopoly on eBook Distribution

  5. Buy & Lend New eBooks

  6. Digitize & Lend Old Books

  7. How It Works 1 Openlibrary.org/borrow openlibrary.org/borrow– 100,000 eBooks available In-Library, 10,000 eBooks available to all

  8. How It Works 2 Openlibrary.org/borrow Choose a book to borrow

  9. How It Works 3 Openlibrary.org/borrow Select a Format: In-Browser, PDF or ePub

  10. How It Works 4 Openlibrary.org/borrow Open distribution to any device with a Web Browser

  11. How It Works 5 Openlibrary.org/borrow Account holders can borrow up to 5 books at once, for up to 2 weeks.

  12. How It Works 6 Openlibrary.org/borrow One loan per title at any one time.

  13. How It Works 7 Openlibrary.org/borrow Other libraries are contributing titles to the lending library pool, like the Boston Public Library.

  14. openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read– Display lendable Open Library titles live in your catalog.

  15. openlibrary.org/libraries – 1,000 libraries in the In-Library lending program

  16. 3 US States have joined the In-Library lending program California Kansas North Carolina

  17. Today, we’d like to announce that all 50 State Librarians endorse the Open Library lending system.

  18. Publishers: Sell eBooks to libraries directly.

  19. Libraries: Buy and lend eBooks,digitize and lend your existing books.

  20. Build an open library and open up eBook publishing.

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