From: "Pikas, Christina K." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 01:00:20 +0000 1) "license to" 2) of public libraries, probably. Schools - maybe some. Academic - a few. Special & Government - a few. 3) a barrier to use in public libraries is awareness. a second is the practicalities of how to go about getting the book on your device. The roadshow combats these two things. Awareness (you noticed it!). I think they probably have a petting zoo to help people figure out how to use it. -----Original Message----- From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 16:20:42 -0400 Riding along in my automobile today: my curiosity was running wild when I was passed by an 18-wheeler splashed with signs about e-books and offering the URL: www.digitalbookmobile.com. It took some doing to see that this vehicle travels to public libraries on behalf of something called Overdrive, Inc., which (it claims) "partners with" 96% of the libraries in the United States. Big flashy vehicle, series of events: I have several questions. 1. Does "partners with" mean "sells stuff to"? 2. 96%? really? That's remarkable market penetration if so. 3. I'm curious about how a roadshow to demo ebooks to the populace makes sense? (I do understand that they are a licensor of ebooks.) Puzzled on the road, Jim O'Donnell Georgetown