Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

Hello, Maybe you could give a disclaimer and let the pattern know to delete the book after reading it. If it is DRM free and the publisher allows fire lending than what is the harm in lending it? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 "Our

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

Unglue.it implemented something like that as part of "buy to unglue", using per-loan embedded licenses and watermarking. We've not had a lot of success getting publishers to buy into it. Or libraries. If you have applications, several of the components are open source. Eric

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

alone<mailto:david.mal...@wheaton.edu> Sent: ‎3/‎25/‎2015 5:15 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks Has anyone figured out how to circulate "one-off"/independent e-books to your library patro

[CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

Has anyone figured out how to circulate "one-off"/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributin