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 ...

On a typical day, public libraries would encourage you to stop by and browse its aisles, peruse its books, and maybe even borrow a few favorites from the circulation desk. But these are not typical ...

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Fall into great stories and engaging events! Enjoy all the season has to offer at your library. Engage with Eerie eBooks and Delightfully Dreadful Digital Audiobooks Conjure up your next […] ...

Today's library is no longer just a big box of books that sits in a city or on a campus. It is fast evolving into a digital resource center, largely virtualized, but still providing space and ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books on ...

Amazon Kindle users can now “borrow” eBooks from the Arlington Public Library web site. Amazon announced today that its electronic reading device will now work with eBooks from 11,000 public libraries ...

Bexar County in San Antonio will be launching the first pure digital library in the United States in August. The publicly funded library has raised over $200,000 to finance its new digital library and ...

The newest industry report from BISG, “Digital Content in Public Libraries: What Do Patrons Think?,” found that even though over half of library patrons surveyed are aware that their local libraries ...

In a few weeks, I’ll be retired, and I had every intention of wrapping up my 42-year career in public libraries by writing a sentimental column this month. But, alas, instead of marking the end of ...

It's going to cost your local library a lot more to buy ebooks as publishers continue to change the way they do business. The last of the so-called Big 5 publishers — Hachette Book Group — will stop ...