E-books a hit at Grand Forks library
December 14, 2011 at 9:40 am in Grand Forks Herald
Physical books still most popular, but e-books growing in useAs more readers are embracing pixels over printed pages, the popularity of e-readers is helping the Grand Forks library and others attract patrons to its electronic collections. At the same time, the free materials offered by libraries may be prompting more consumers to buy e-readers, such as the Nook or the Kindle. Continue Reading
Lets see….Where have I heard about this before??? Oh ya! From all of us who said this was exactly where books were heading when a group kept insisting we needed more room for books…..Well…Better late than never…
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Tundrabeast, if you want to help embrace e-books at the library be prepared to make their budget larger for them also. HarperCollins has already said e-books of theirs “wear out” after 26 check outs. The Library then has to buy another license for that book. You know you can see other publishers going this direction also just to make more money.
With the added convenience of e-book checkouts, instead of going to the library and checking it out, they can do it online. The volume of a book is bound to go up because of the convenience, with people checking it out just because they “might” get to it.
Its a double edged sword. Major plus with space and convenience, but a big low point because publishers aren’t willing to embrace a new form of media, but rather cling to the coat tails of a business model proven to be unneeded.
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I agree–they need to remodel the current library not build an expensive one for BOOK STORAGE–books never used can be stored in a warehouse for a lot less money than building a new library!
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I have a Kindle and one of my first thoughts after using it was that it is nice in many ways, but nothing can replace a real book. Period. With having the Kindle, I have not given up on real books in the least or going to the library. I go back and forth between the two methods. I keep my Kindle book purchases below $5 for sure. Nothing is more frustrating to spend let’s say $20 on a Kindle book and I literally have nothing to show for it. That is great news on the library being able to provide e-books to Kindles. I actually looked into that at the Denver Library less than a month ago and it was not allowed.
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