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1 Open Library towards a business model for publishers and libraries

2 Search Engines Libraries Publishers Booksellers Readers Distributed lending & vending on the Internet Books in Browsers

3 Publishers sell books. Libraries buy and lend books.

4 Avoid a Monopoly on eBook Distribution

5 Buy & Lend New eBooks

6 Digitize & Lend Old Books

7 How It Works 1 Openlibrary.org/borrow openlibrary.org/borrow – 100,000 eBooks available In-Library, 10,000 eBooks available to all

8 How It Works 2 Openlibrary.org/borrow Choose a book to borrow

9 How It Works 3 Openlibrary.org/borrow Select a Format: In-Browser, PDF or ePub

10 How It Works 4 Openlibrary.org/borrow Open distribution to any device with a Web Browser

11 How It Works 5 Openlibrary.org/borrow Account holders can borrow up to 5 books at once, for up to 2 weeks.

12 How It Works 6 Openlibrary.org/borrow One loan per title at any one time.

13 How It Works 7 Openlibrary.org/borrow Other libraries are contributing titles to the lending library pool, like the Boston Public Library.

14 openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read– Remote display of lendable titles

15 openlibrary.org/libraries – 1,000 libraries in the In-Library lending program

16 CaliforniaKansasNorth Carolina 3 US States have joined the In-Library lending program

17 Today, we’d like to announce that all 50 State Librarians endorse the Open Library lending system

18 Publishers: Sell eBooks to libraries directly.

19 Libraries: Buy and lend eBooks, digitize and lend your existing books.

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