If you're like most Americans, a public library near you offers ebooks. About three quarters of all U.S. libraries do, according to the American Library Association (ALA). Yet, if you're like most ...

The biggest problem with borrowing eBooks instead of buying is the selection. My NH consortium has 2,124 fiction eBooks and 227 nonfiction eBooks. Of these, only 398 fiction books and 26 nonfiction ...

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 ...

The Hunterdon County Library will soon be expanding its digital services with eHCL, downloadable eBooks. Library eBooks can be downloaded anytime, anywhere, by visiting the digital site at . The ...

Many libraries are investing in a digital infrastructure to allow patrons to borrow ebooks on their phones, tablets, and e-readers. Overdrive currently is the largest company that facilitates the ...

You can get library books on a Kindle device through Amazon's partnership with OverDrive, as long as you have a library membership with a participating institution ...

Nik Rawlinson has been writing about tech since Windows 95 was looking distinctly futuristic. He is a former Editor of MacUser magazine and one-time scribe for Personal Computer World. Nik is a ...

I once loved dropping into my local public library and reemerging hours later, weighed down with hardcovers, paperbacks, CDs, and DVDs. Needless to say, I no longer do this. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Laura wrote about e-commerce and Amazon, and she occasionally covered cool science topics. Previously, she broke down cybersecurity and privacy issues for CNET readers. Laura is based in Tacoma, ...

With the rise of eBooks and digital reading, one local library is feeling the cost of the demand. The Minot Public Library ...

Minot Public LIbrary has announced that starting Jan. 1, it will no longer be offering Hoopla, a digital media service that lends ebooks, audiobooks, music and other resources. The library noted it ...

Are your virtual bookshelves as disorganized as your real ones? Here are some tips for a smarter system for categorizing your ebooks. I'm an expert in software and work-related issues, and I have been ...