Simon & Schuster eBooks and 'Buy it Now'

East Central Regional Library is excited to announce that we are now able to offer eBooks published by Simon & Schuster Inc. to our patrons.  This includes popular Minnesota authors like Vince Flynn and William Kent Krueger! 

In order to purchase Simon & Schuster titles and make them available on our OverDrive powered Digital Library website, libraries are required to offer the 'Buy It Now' (BIN) feature.  

What is BIN?
BIN is a retail program that connects library users to a network of online booksellers to purchase a personal copy of an eBook title. When a user clicks on the 'Buy It Now' link, they will be sent to a retail website where they can purchase the title for their personal eBook collection from a WIN Affiliate Retailer (listed below).

In return, ECRL will earn a percent of proceeds from retail sales made through those online booksellers.  With those proceeds, we can buy more eBooks & eAudiobooks to add to our Digital Library.  When a user follows a ‘Buy It Now’ link, the referring library receives a content credit for the user’s entire purchase, not just eBooks!

How does this affect you?
BIN may not affect you at all, except that you can now checkout and read Simon & Schuster eBooks from ECRL's Digital Library.  ECRL does not want you to feel pressure to buy eBooks, but we weighed our options and decided providing access to such high-demand titles was our priority.  You do not have to use the 'Buy It Now' feature, we just have to offer it.  However, this option may be of interest if any of the following apply:

• You just can't wait a second longer on the Holds List for a popular new title.
• You read an eBook in our Digital Library that you then decide to add to your personal eBook collection.
• You shop at these online retailers anyway, and would like to support ECRL financially while doing so.

Where will I see 'Buy It Now'?

There are two places you will see 'Buy It Now.'  The first is next to the 'Borrow' or 'Place a Hold' buttons on all titles that are available to purchase from a WIN affiliate retailer.

The second place you will see 'Buy it Now' is an image like this, located on the ECRL Digital Library homepage. 

I still have questions...

Check out these FAQ's! 

Check out the newly added William Kent Krueger, Vince Flynn, and other popular eBook titles now!

Sarah Hawkins, Resource Librarian

Forthcoming titles - October 2014

Forthcoming titles - click here to search for and place your hold on the ECRL catalog.

ADULT FICTION

Title	Author	Pub Date
Bittersweet	Albert, Susan Wittig	04/07/2015
Cat's Lair	Feehan, Christine	04/28/2015
The Cavendon Women	Bradford, Barbara Taylor	03/24/2015
Come The Morning	Graham, Heather	02/03/2015
Dangerous Women VOL. 3	Dozois, Gardner	11/25/2014
Dangerous Women VOL. 2	Dozois, Gardner	10/28/2014
The Dead Play On	Graham, Heather	03/31/2015
Death of a Liar	Beaton, M. C.	02/03/2015
The Dream Lover	Berg, Elizabeth	04/07/2015
Echoes of Dollanganger	Andrews, V. C.	01/27/2015
Emma: A Novel	McCall Smith, Alexander	04/07/2015
Every Fifteen Minutes	Scottoline, Lisa	04/07/2015
Garden of Lies	Quick, Amanda	04/21/2015
Host	Cook, Robin	03/17/2015
Hot Pursuit	Woods, Stuart	04/07/2015
Jason	Hamilton, Laurell K.	12/02/2014
The King's Pleasure	Graham, Heather	10/07/2014
Last One Home: A Novel	Macomber, Debbie	04/21/2015
The Liar	Roberts, Nora	04/14/2015
Lowball	Martin, George R. R.	11/04/2014
The Melody Lingers On	Clark, Mary Higgins	04/07/2015
Memory Man	Baldacci, David	04/21/2015
Miracle at Augusta	Patterson, James	04/06/2015
The Morcai Battalion: The Recruit	Palmer, Diana	11/25/2014
Old Venus	Dozois, Gardner R.	03/03/2015
Perfect Match	Michaels, Fern	04/28/2015
The Sacrifice	Oates, Joyce Carol	01/27/2015
War Hawk	Rollins, James	04/07/2015
Where Trust Lies	Oke, Janette	02/03/2015
Your Next Breath	Johansen, Iris	04/28/2015

ADULT NONFICTION

Title	Author	Pub Date
The 13th Disciple: A Spiritual Adventure	Chopra, Deepak	03/30/2015
17 Carnations	Morton, Andrew	03/10/2015
The 20/20 Diet	McGraw, Phillip C.	01/06/2015
41: A Portrait of My Father	Bush, George W.	11/11/2014
The 5 Love Languages for Men	Chapman, Gary D.	01/01/2015
American Titan: Searching for John Wayne	Eliot, Marc	11/04/2014
Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer	Lucado, Max	09/30/2014
Brunch at Bobby's	Flay, Bobby	03/24/2015
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions	Dalai Lama	11/11/2014
Co-Creating at Its Best	Hicks, Esther	12/02/2014
Daily Readings from Break Out!	Osteen, Joel	10/07/2014
Dreamers and Deceivers	Beck, Glenn	10/28/2014
The Future of God	Chopra, Deepak	11/11/2014
The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved	Andersen, Christopher	10/28/2014
The Happy Vegan	Simmons, Russell	03/10/2015
I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To	Frankel, Bethenny	04/14/2015
In the Manger	Lucado, Max	09/30/2014
INSTINCT Daily Readings	Jakes, T. D.	10/07/2014
INSTINCT for Graduates	Jakes, T. D.	04/07/2015
The Legacy Journey	Ramsey, Dave	10/21/2014
Lying in Wait	Rule, Ann	11/25/2014
On Calvary's Hill: 40 Readings for the Easter Season	Lucado, Max	12/02/2014
One Vote: Make Your Voice Heard	Carson, Ben	10/09/2014
Rising Above a Toxic Workplace	Chapman, Gary D.	09/01/2014
Skinnygirl Cocktails	Frankel, Bethenny	10/28/2014
Small Victories	Lamott, Anne	11/10/2014
Stubborn Fat Gone!	Cruise, Jorge	04/28/2015
Sync or Swim	Chapman, Gary D.	11/01/2014
The Way I See It	Grandin, Temple	10/15/2014
Your Instinct in Action	Jakes, T. D.	09/23/2014
Zero Belly Diet	Zinczenko, David	12/30/2014

LARGE PRINT

Title	Author	Pub Date
Blue Labyrinth	Preston, Douglas J.	11/11/2014
The City	Koontz, Dean R.	03/03/2015
Death of a Liar	Beaton, M. C.	02/03/2015
Emma	McCall Smith, Alexander	04/07/2015
Last One Home	Macomber, Debbie	04/21/2015
Memory Man	Baldacci, David	04/21/2015
Miracle at Augusta	Patterson, James	04/06/2015
The Sacrifice	Oates, Joyce Carol	01/27/2015
The Sixth Extinction	Rollins, James	09/02/2014
War Hawk	Rollins, James	04/07/2015
Where Trust Lies	Oke, Janette	02/03/2015
Winter Street	Hilderbrand, Elin	10/14/2015

BOOKS ON CD

Title	Author	Pub Date
The Betrayed	Graham, Heather	09/30/2014
Blue Labyrinth	Preston, Douglas J.	11/11/2014
The Cavendon Women	Bradford, Barbara Taylor	03/24/2015
Crash & Burn	Gardner, Lisa	02/03/2015
A Deadly Web	Hooper, Kay	12/30/2014
Dealer's Choice and Lily and the Sockeyes	Paretsky, Sara	10/07/2014
Death of a Liar	Beaton, M. C.	02/03/2015
Disconnected	Weiner, Jennifer	12/02/2014
Every Fifteen Minutes	Scottoline, Lisa	04/07/2015
Hot Pursuit	Woods, Stuart	04/07/2015
Jason	Hamilton, Laurell K.	12/02/2014
Last One Home: A Novel	Macomber, Debbie	04/21/2015
Melody Lingers On	Clark, Mary Higgins	04/07/2015
Memory Man	Baldacci, David	04/21/2015
Miracle at Augusta	Patterson, James	04/06/2015
The Mistletoe Promise	Evans, Richard Paul	11/18/2014
Obsession in Death	Robb, J. D.	02/10/2015
The Promise	Crais, Robert	11/04/2014
The Rain on the Dead	Higgins, Jack	12/30/2014
The Silent Sister	Chamberlain, Diane	10/07/2014
The Stranger	Coben, Harlan	03/24/2015
Twisted Innocence	Blackstock, Terri	02/03/2015
War Hawk	Rollins, James	04/07/2015
Wyoming Strong	Palmer, Diana	10/28/2014

Marcia Ledin, Technical Services Manager

Big Library Read: 5th ed.

OverDrive asked, you answered!  Thousands of readers across the globe cast their vote to choose the titles for this fall's Big Library Read. The title that topped them all? Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes! 

Subjects: Teen Fiction, Romance

Description: In this Mean Girls meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower tale, narrator Anika Dragomir is the third most popular girl at Pound High School. But inside, she knows she’s a freak; she can’t stop thinking about former loner Logan McDonough, who showed up on the first day of tenth grade hotter, bolder, and more mysterious than ever. Logan is fascinating, troubled and off-limits. The Pound High queen bee will make Anika’s life hell if she’s seen with him. So Anika must choose–ignore her feelings and keep her social status? Or follow her heart and risk becoming a pariah. Which will she pick? And what will she think of her choice when an unimaginable tragedy strikes, changing her forever? An absolutely original new voice in YA in a story that will start important conversations–and tear at your heart.

What is Big Library Read?
A worldwide digital version of a local book club, and an opportunity for us to introduce (or maybe re-introduce) our digital library to users just like yourself! Libraries, including East Central Regional Library, have already enjoyed great success engaging thousands of new and current users with Big Library Read. 

This time Big Library Read is even MORE exciting, because you can be among the first to read a title JUST released on September 2!  Check it out.

When is the next Big Library Read?

October 13 – October 28, 2014.

How can I participate?

For the duration of the program, the eBook & eAudiobook will be available at East Central Regional Library's Digital Library, available for all users at the same time.  No holds list! Read the title in your browser immediately through OverDrive Read, or download the EPUB, Kindle, or MP3 format to your favorite device.

PLUS, connect with the author during the Big Library Read:

http://andreaportes.wordpress.com/about

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/278993.Andrea_Portes

https://twitter.com/andrea_portes

https://www.facebook.com/andreaportes

Sarah Hawkins, Resource Librarian