The e-reader interface features adjustable fonts, background and type color selections, and a slider for brightness. Navigation features include search sort by author, title, or recently added and filters that enable users to view all titles or limit their view to currently available titles. NYPL is actively working with library systems around the country to potentially implement customized versions of the app.” Once users download the app and log in with their library card number and PIN, the straightforward interface presents a collection of book covers in side-scrollable categories such as bestsellers, staff picks, fiction, nonfiction, YA fiction, Español, etc. According to NYPL’s announcement, the software will be released as open source, “giving public libraries around the country the ability to use the code to develop their own e-reader apps…. “It should work with any platform,” Marx said. OverDrive and Bibliotheca’s 3M Cloud Library are currently NYPL’s primary vendors of popular ebook content, but the app is designed to work with other vendors as well. “We just think anything we can do to make it easier for people to read, however they want to read…is a great thing for us to do.” The app is currently available for Android and iOS devices, and development of Kindle Fire and browser-based versions are already underway. SimplyE makes it possible “to download any one of our thousands of titles onto any device with no hassle,” NYPL CEO Tony Marx told LJ. Enabling patrons to discover and start reading library ebooks with as few as three clicks, this initial version of the app is the fulfillment of a goal set two and a half years ago by the NYPL-led Library Simplified project. The New York Public Library (NYPL) on July 12 announced the launch of SimplyE, a new app for tablets and smartphones that employs a single interface for browsing, borrowing, and reading ebooks from multiple different vendors, as well as public domain ebooks.
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