The North of Boston Library Exchange has over 5,000 titles and 6,000 copies in their collection, with about two-thirds being ebooks and one-third audiobooks. They support many popular devices and provide materials in English and Russian across multiple formats for adults, young adults, and children. While the library aims to support various devices and formats, accessing ebooks can still be complicated due to different file formats and issues with digital rights management. Usage has been steadily increasing, with big jumps when Kindle support was added and during the holiday season when e-readers became popular gifts.
2. Over 5,000 titles
Over 6,000 copies
About 2/3 ebooks, 1/3 audiobooks
Adult, Young Adult and Children
Fiction and Nonfiction
Popular and Academic
English and Russian
Support for many popular devices, including
Kindle, Nook, iPad/iPod/iPhone, Android
smartphones and tablets, Blackberries, more
3. Its complicated
Several different file formats
DRM issues
Not all devices support all formats
Not all books are available in all formats
People often struggle to get that first book
Not all books available to libraries
Publisher issues and rights issues
4. 12,645 individual borrowers
560 new borrowers last month
28,635 checkouts in Jan-Apr 2012
Use is steadily increasing with a big jump last
September when Kindle support was added,
and last Christmas, when ebook readers and
tablets were popular gifts
