<p>According to the proposed plan, the e-books will have a fixed issue period after which they cannot be accessed. Issuing will be free of cost and can be at any location with an internet facility. <br /><br />“We have chalked out the plan on e-library. We only have to make a proposal,” Rajashekhar K Badigannavara, Deputy Director of the Library told Deccan Herald. He said e-library was a natural progression after the success of mobile libraries. Nineteen mobile libraries have been functioning across the State.<br /><br />While the initiative is a first for the public sector, a private organisation has been successfully practising the model for the past ten years. www.easylib.com has been running an e-library since 2001. The website offers various books - fiction, non-fiction, children’s books etc. To ‘borrow’ e-books, one must become a member, which comes with a registration fee of Rs 250 and a deposit of Rs 500. </p>.<p>Each e-book will be issued for a period of two weeks at 10 per cent of the price of the book. An extension comes with an extra charge.<br /><br />Says Vani Mahesh, the founder of easylib.com: “You may want to read an expensive book that you do not want to buy. In that case, e-books are more profitable as you can get them for only 10 per cent of the book price.” She adds that the site receives around 1,800 issues a month. Added to this advantage, the site offers mobile browsing for e-books.<br /><br />A young reader, Aneesha Bhaskar says: “I love reading e-books as they are way more convenient than the hardbound. They are easily accessible anywhere and at any time you want to read, with an internet connection.”<br /><br />Whether it is free of cost or for a price, e-books are increasingly becoming everybody’s favourite and will continue to hold sway.<br /><br /></p>
<p>According to the proposed plan, the e-books will have a fixed issue period after which they cannot be accessed. Issuing will be free of cost and can be at any location with an internet facility. <br /><br />“We have chalked out the plan on e-library. We only have to make a proposal,” Rajashekhar K Badigannavara, Deputy Director of the Library told Deccan Herald. He said e-library was a natural progression after the success of mobile libraries. Nineteen mobile libraries have been functioning across the State.<br /><br />While the initiative is a first for the public sector, a private organisation has been successfully practising the model for the past ten years. www.easylib.com has been running an e-library since 2001. The website offers various books - fiction, non-fiction, children’s books etc. To ‘borrow’ e-books, one must become a member, which comes with a registration fee of Rs 250 and a deposit of Rs 500. </p>.<p>Each e-book will be issued for a period of two weeks at 10 per cent of the price of the book. An extension comes with an extra charge.<br /><br />Says Vani Mahesh, the founder of easylib.com: “You may want to read an expensive book that you do not want to buy. In that case, e-books are more profitable as you can get them for only 10 per cent of the book price.” She adds that the site receives around 1,800 issues a month. Added to this advantage, the site offers mobile browsing for e-books.<br /><br />A young reader, Aneesha Bhaskar says: “I love reading e-books as they are way more convenient than the hardbound. They are easily accessible anywhere and at any time you want to read, with an internet connection.”<br /><br />Whether it is free of cost or for a price, e-books are increasingly becoming everybody’s favourite and will continue to hold sway.<br /><br /></p>
