Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Digital materials hit record-breaking levels of popularity at ...

SUMMIT — The Summit Free Public Library announces its eBook collection is now compatible with the world's bestselling eBook reader, the Amazon Kindle. Patrons can now download popular and classic ...

Much attention has been paid to library lending, the availability of ebook titles that public libraries can purchase, and the business models associated with ebook acquisition. When we consider school ...

One of the roles I fulfill as a reference librarian at RPL is I select for acquisition digital audiobooks for our collection. I appreciate playing a part in 21st century online library connectivity.

There are currently 342 potential borrowers waiting for 197 digital copies of Ronan Farrow’s investigative thriller Catch and Kill at the Los Angeles Public Library. “It’ll take months for that ebook ...

Our online column Letters of the Law explores a wide range of legal issues that arise in libraries, with the help of a pair of leading authorities: Mary Minow, a librarian who became a lawyer; and ...

Image Gallery:A walk around the Bluefire Reader application on the iPad. Public library books and those I purchased through the Sony eBookstore with my old Sony Readers use the Adobe Digital Editions ...

Libraries, like other consumers, should be free to buy any published e-content at competitive prices, to keep these items in their collection, and to loan them to their patrons. Anything less violates ...

I will never understand why the publishing world thinks that allowing digital content and downloads will hurt their business anymore than allowing rentals of physical content does. In some libraries ...

Reports of the death of the printed word have only been somewhat exaggerated, and Denver Public Library is feeling the consequences. All around the country, the digital upheaval of the publishing ...

Looking to read e-books, audiobooks and more? Richmond Public Library's Ginter Park branch will host an informative session ...