Name: The Business of Ebooks & Audiobooks: Libraries, Authors, Publishers, and Platforms
Start: 2024-05-10T15:30:00-0600
End: 2024-05-10T16:20:00-0600

Welcome to the 2024 joint conference for the Utah Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association!

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The Business of Ebooks & Audiobooks: Libraries, Authors, Publishers, and Platforms

Libraries are struggling with digital content and fair pricing, availability, and access. This panel will present a balanced view of ebook, audiobook, and magazine purchasing and distribution from the point of view of OverDrive (the vendor), the Beehive Library Consortium (a large consortium administered by the Utah State Library), and a member library in the Consortium (Davis County Library, an Advantage Library). Join us for a discussion on our challenges, solutions, and successes.

Speakers

Josh Johnson

Director, Davis County Library

Josh Johnson is the Director of the Davis County Library in Utah and serves on the State Library Board since 2022 (currently Chair). He is passionate about data-driven future planning, collaborative decision-making, and creating learning organizations. He also enjoys time with family... Read More →

Stephanie Everett

Account Manager I, OverDrive

OverDrive is a mission-based company that stands with libraries. Named a Certified B Corp in 2017, OverDrive empowers libraries by expanding ‘access for all’ to an industry-leading catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming media. More than 22,000 libraries worldwide... Read More →