Project Gutenberg News has posted an item about the growing popularity of eBook access from libraries.
Here are a few stats included in the post:
+ The New York Public library currently offers over 17,000 eBook titles, just a fraction of their 800,000 circulating print titles. Comparing these numbers, it’s obvious that eBook acquisitions still represent a small percentage of their budget.
+ eBook circulation is expanding at an amazing rate. eBook checkouts have increased to more than one million in 2009, up from 600,000 in 2007, according to OverDrive.
There is also discussion of issues confronting libraries and eBook usage. Two issues in particular:
1) Trying to keep up with new readers [This Might Help]
2) Publishers
Access the Complete Project Gutenberg News Article
Source: Project Gutenberg News
See Also: Facts and Figures: A Comprehensive Matrix of eBook Reader Info
See Also: eBooks and eAudiobooks Becoming More Popular With the Public (New York Times, October 14, 2009)
Source: Project Gutenberg News
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