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eBooks for Wales Free eBook service for public libraries in Wales.

eBooks for Wales is an innovative free eBook service for public libraries in Wales, providing a wide range of popular fiction and non-fiction titles. With easy access through library barcodes and PINs, borrowers can browse, search, and reserve eBooks in ePUB and PDF formats. The service, supported by the CyMal Innovation and Opportunities Grant, aims to meet the needs of current and future borrowers.

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eBooks for Wales Free eBook service for public libraries in Wales.

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  1. eBooks for Wales • Free eBook service for public libraries in Wales. • Innovation and Opportunities Grant (CyMal). • New and innovative service. • Meeting the needs of current and future borrowers. http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  2. Members of the Consortium: • Consortium members: • Bridgend • Caerphilly • Cardiff • Carmarthenshire • City & Council of Swansea • Merthyr Tydfil • Neath Port Talbot • Pembrokeshire • Torfaen • Vale of Glamorgan • RCT • Wrexham • Powys • Ceredigion • Monmouthshire http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  3. http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  4. eBook supplier • Askews and Holt Library Services Ltd. • Collection Management • Foundation stock chosen by Askews & Holt. • Book selection continued by consortium member. • Popular fiction and non-fiction. • Access to ‘eBooks for Wales’ • Library barcode & PIN provide access to site. • Authentication by individual LMS. • FAQ and contact email available. http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  5. Browse/search. • Reservations/loans. • Details/recommendations • ePUB & PDF. • . www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk

  6. Basket Items • Checkout • Download • Adobe Digital Editions • Compatible devices • Returns www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk

  7. Some stats… • Total visits to the website – 8318 • Total issues – 2906 • Total borrowers – 1106 • Average loan period – 17 days • Most popular time of day to download – 8 p.m.! • Most popular genre – Fiction – 50.83% • Most reserved item – Bill Bryson – At Home http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  8. Most popular titles http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  9. Feedback Just a quick message to say how thrilled I am to have picked up thesmall card from my local... Library with information aboutthis website. My daughter loves to read everywhere and anywhere. She uses my phone to read ebooks on dark car journeys, until now she has had the fairly limited free childrens ebooks you can find online (not usually contempory authors. I have bought a few titles of ebooks but not as many as requested. You've made her day, week and year. The best part of the site is that you can download direct to android. Just in time for dark evenings on ride home from school. Thanks again Email: 31 Oct 2011 http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  10. Problems • Availability of new titles • Website layout – problems with searching and browsing • LMS compatibility http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

  11. To conclude... http://www.wales.libraryebooks.co.uk/

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