Are libraries and publishers necessarily at odds when it comes to ebooks? Does e-lending cut into potential ebook sales, or can digital loans help overall sales of a title? In what promises to be a lively panel discussion, representatives from the publishing and libary communities will debate the potential challenges and opportunities for all the players in the ebook lending game.
Heather McCormack is a lover, a fighter, and Book Review Editor of Library Journal, read by over 100,000 library directors, administrators, and staff in public, academic, and special libraries. She blogs at heathermccormack.wordpress.com.
Katie Dunneback serves a a Selection Librarian at the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Her interests include reader’s advisory services and collection development. She’s a published author of fiction under a pseudonym, and can be found on Twitter as younglibrarian.
Ruth Liebmann joined Random House, Inc. in 1995 and is currently VP, Director of Account Marketing. She works with a wide variety of constituencies, including booksellers and librarians. She may or may not be a gadget.
Helping publishers, retailers, and libraries take charge of their digital future and build direct relationships with their readers. Bluefire offers customer-branded (white label) ereader apps for iOS and Android devices and is an authorized reseller of Adobe eBook Platform technologies such as ACS4, RMSDK, and Adobe Vendor ID.
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