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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Here is the latest info from the Open eBooks project. Librarians are eligible to sign up for access to this service, see:
<a href="http://openebooks.net/getstarted.html">http://openebooks.net/getstarted.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Open eBooks Reaches 1 Million Books Read<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">Adds New Titles from Open Road, Makes Web Catalog Available<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">December 15, 2016 -- Ten months after its February 2016 launch, Open eBooks has circulated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">over 1 million books to kids in need through its app. Open eBooks is used in schools, libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">and out-of-school programs in all
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#212121">50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#212121">U.S. military bases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Readers now have even more choices with the addition of over 250 titles from publisher
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD"><a href="http://www.openroadmedia.com/">Open<o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:ArialMT"><a href="http://www.openroadmedia.com/">Road Integrated Media</a></span></span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">. </span><span style="color:black">“</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Open Road</span><span style="color:black">’</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">s founding mission
to preserve the legacy of great writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">is motivated by a passionate belief in the transformative power of reading, so it means a great<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">deal to us to partner with Open eBooks in their endeavor to empower children in need by giving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">them access to as many books as possible,</span><span style="color:black">”</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"> said Open Road Integrated Media Executive
Vice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">President, Publisher Tina Pohlman. New titles now available from Open Road include works<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">from authors Sherman Alexie, Tariq Ali, Caroline Cooney and selections from beloved series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">like
</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">The Berenstain Bears
</span></i><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">and </span><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">Franklin the Turtle</span></i><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Open eBooks continues to grow its catalog of thousands of popular and award-winning titles,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">with commitments for additional titles from
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Candlewick </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">,
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Hachette </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">,
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Macmillan </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">,
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Bloomsbury </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Lee & Low
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">joining publishers </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">HarperCollins
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">National Geographic
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Penguin Random House
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Simon & Schuster
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Cricket
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Supplementing the publisher content available in the Open eBooks collection is a growing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">selection of public domain titles. The DPLA
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD"><a href="https://dp.la/info/get-involved/dpla-ebooks/dpla-collection-curation-corps/">Curation Corps</a>
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">of school and youth librarians built a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">collection of over 250 timeless children</span><span style="color:black">’</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">s favorites, such as
</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">Anne of Green Gables</span></i><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">,
</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">The Wind in<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">the Willows</span></i><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and
</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">Black Beauty</span></i><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">. These eBook files were donated by the Basque Government,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Standard eBooks</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">GITenberg </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and feature artwork from crowdsourced cover art project,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Recovering the Classics
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The Open eBooks site will also feature a web catalog, enabling users with or without a login to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">explore the growing list of Open eBooks content. Readers who do have Open eBooks accounts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">can sign in and send eBooks to their devices, which will download as soon as the device is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">connected to the Internet. Through the catalog users will also be able to explore the Instant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Classics library that includes free openly licensed books for all readers to download on a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">desktop or mobile device.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Goals for the next year of the Open eBooks initiative aim to increase access to the program,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">including device expansion to Kindle Fire and Chromebook, and building the availability of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">eBooks open to all users regardless of income.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Open eBooks is a coalition of literacy, library, publishing and technology partners: founding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">nonprofit partners the
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Digital Public Library of America
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">The New York Public Library
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, and </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">First<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Book
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">; educational technology company
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Clever </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">; and content support provided by digital books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">distributor
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Baker & Taylor </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">. Open eBooks is not a government program; elements of the project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">have been supported by grants from the
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Institute of Museum and Library Services
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">, the </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Alfred P.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD">Sloan Foundation
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">and the generous contributions of the publishers and partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Information and updates on the initiative will be shared on the Open eBooks
</span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;color:#1155CD"><a href="http://openebooks.net/about.html">website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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