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Entries Tagged as 'Penguin'

Penguin eBooks Now Available to All Libraries via a Crappy Deal with 3M Cloud Library

November 12th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · library ebooks, Penguin, Uncategorized → 4 Comments

It’s been just over a month since Penguin and 3M launched an ebook pilot with the NYPL, and judging by today’s news that pilot must be a roaring success. 3M has just sent out an email to their member libraries. They’re expanding/ending the pilot and making Penguin ebooks available to all.

But the terms of the deal are so crappy that I for one would not be interested.
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Penguin & 3M Cloud Library Launch New Pilot Program With the NYPL

October 1st, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · library ebooks, Penguin → 2 Comments

About 3 months ago Penguin and 3M announced that they would soon have a new library ebook pilot program running in the New York Public Library System. That pilot was supposed to be up and running in August, but due to unstated delays the pilot only formally launched today.


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