All of us who have been following the Overdrive/ebook situation should be interested in this announcement in Library Journal.com: “In a surprising move, library equipment manufacturer 3M Library Systems recently announced that it would be unveiling a new ebook lending service for libraries-including an in-library “Discovery Terminal,” 3M eReaders, and 3M apps-at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference, to be held in New Orleans in June. When launched, it would be a competitor to OverDrive, which currently dominates the library ebook market. The service will make hosted, lendable ebooks available to libraries, with a selection of ebooks from publishers including Random House and Independent Publishers Group. Matt Tempelis, 3M Library Systems’ global business manager, said that a “very large”… Read More »3M Library eReader Service Announced