Tom Reinsfelder
717.749.6041
or your campus library
E-books from a variety of academic publishers are being added to the Libraries’ collections and are available for all campus locations; on and off-campus; and may require your PSU Access ID to use.
For popular titles and current works of fiction, click on the tab above marked Local Public Libraries Ebooks
Library e-books may be read on any computer and are also compatible with Android, Ipad, Kindle Fire, and Nook devices.
Click on the "Missing E -Books" tab (above) to find out why your library may not have the e-books you would like to read.
Library e-books may be read on any computer and are also compatible with
Nook, Kindle Fire, Ipad, and Android devices.
Dates |
# of |
Downloadable | Printing & Copying |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1998- Current | 1,100+ |
YES Adobe Digital Editions & Adobe ID required |
Limited Printing & Copying |
| EBL | 1992 - Current | 25,000+ |
YES Adobe Digital Editions & Adobe ID required |
Limited Printing & Copying |
| EBSCO E-books |
1913 - Current | 17,000+ |
YES Adobe Digital Editions & Adobe ID required |
Limited Printing & Copying |
|
|
1994 - Current | 53,000+ |
YES (PDF) |
YES |
| Dates | # of E-Books | Downloadable | Print & Copy | Notes, Bookmarking, & Highlighting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | Pre 1900 - Current | unknown | Yes for Out of Copyright Books (PDF, EPUB) |
YES for Out of Copyright Books (PDF, EPUB) |
NO |
| Project Gutenberg | Pre 1900 - Mid 1900s | 33,000+ | YES (HTML, EPUB, Kindle) |
YES | NO |
| National Academies Press | 1994 - Current | 4,000+ | YES (PDF) |
YES | NO |
| Hathi Trust | Pre 1500 - 2009 | 9,500,000+ | Yes |
YES | NO |
Many public libraries are also offering growing collections of e-books and audiobooks.
Some local libraries offering additional downloadable e-books and audiobooks include:
Android Devices (including Kindle Fire) & Ipad
For e-books from EBL, Ebrary, and EBSCO
Nook
For e-books from EBL, Ebrary, and EBSCO
We’d love to have the latest eBooks by Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Bill O’Reilly, Rick Riordan, and many more.
However, many publishers refuse to sell eBooks to libraries. Or, they sell them at inflated prices (100 to 300% more) or with borrowing restrictions that require libraries to purchase the same title again and again.
We are confused and frustrated by publishers’ unwillingness to allow libraries to be part of a fair eBook marketplace.
Nearly 200 library systems from the United States and Canada demand improved eBook services for library users and signed a joint statement, the ReadersFirst Initiative, that calls for eBook publishers to make it easier for you to download eBooks and lift restrictions on what libraries can offer to you.
Learn More!
Find out how the Big Six Publishers are handling eBooks and libraries:
Ebooks and Libraries – Frequently Asked Questions (American Library Association)
Pricing Comparison (Douglas County Libraries, Colorado)
The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries (Forbes Magazine, December 11, 2012)
Take Action!
Send an email to publishers asking them to allow libraries to participate fairly in the eBook marketplace.
Subject Line: Fair eBook Marketplace for Libraries
Publisher |
Email Address |
Hachette Book Group |
|
Macmillan Publishing |
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Penguin Group |
librariansden@us.penguingroup.com |
HarperCollins Publisher |
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Random House, Inc. |
|
Simon & Schuster |
www.simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us |
Suggested Message:
I have long supported your company with my book purchases and through borrowing books from my local library system.
I have recently learned that some publishers refuse to sell eBooks to libraries. Others sell them at exorbitantly high prices, charging 100 to 300% more than I might pay for the same title. Others limit the number of times an eBook can be borrowed to 26 times, and then require the library to purchase the same title again.
How can you support these policies? Libraries should be able to participate fairly in the eBook marketplace, buying all titles that are available to consumers at reasonable prices.
Libraries represent some of the core values of our country — the freedom to read, the freedom to learn, and universal access to books.
Please consider changing your policy and allow libraries to be part of a fair and open eBook marketplace.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
