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2. E-book lending - Wikipedia

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   An example of an ebook lending manager. E-book lending or elending is a practice in which access to already-purchased downloads or online reads of e-books is made available on a time-limited basis to others. It works around the digital rights management built into online-store-published e-books by limiting access to a purchased e-book file to ...

3. ebook - Wikipedia

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   An ebook (short for electronic book ), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. [ 1] Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book", [ 2] some e-books exist ...

4. Controlled digital lending - Wikipedia

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   Controlled digital lending. Representation of Controlled Digital Lending process. Controlled digital lending ( CDL) is a model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It is based on interpretations of the United States copyright principles of fair use and copyright exhaustion .

5. Interlibrary loan - Wikipedia

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   Interlibrary loan. Picking up books requested through interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, sometimes called document delivery, document supply, interlending, interlibrary services, interloan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow materials that are held by another library. [ 1]

6. Electronic publishing - Wikipedia

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   Electronic publishing (also referred to as e-publishing, digital publishing, or online publishing) includes the digital publication of e-books, digital magazines, and the development of digital libraries and catalogues. [ 1] It also includes the editing of books, journals, and magazines to be posted on a screen (computer, e-reader, tablet, or ...

7. Comparison of e-book formats - Wikipedia

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   The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books . The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [ a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats. E-book software can be used to convert e-books from one format to ...

8. Digital library - Wikipedia

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   The Biodiversity Heritage Library website, an example of a digital library. A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital media formats or a library accessible through the ...

9. Book rental service - Wikipedia

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   Book rental service. Libraries have been lending books to the public for thousands of years. [1] First libraries date back to 2600 BC during Sumerian civilization. In the modern era lending books largely happens by Public Libraries. Generally worldwide public libraries are non-profit organizations offering book lending services free to their ...