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PRH “Discounts” Library eBook Prices, But the New Prices Are Virtually Identical to the Old

22 March, 202022 March, 2020Library eBooksOne Comment

I’m sure you read this past week that Penguin Random House is discounting its library ebook prices, but did you notice that none of the coverage...

Macmillan Reverts Library eBook Licensing Terms in Response to COVID-19

17 March, 202017 March, 2020Library eBooks7 Comments

The US trade publisher Macmillan just announced a pricing change in response to the current epidemic. Macmillan sent librarians an email today, informing them that Macmillan’s...

Getting to the Bottom of the “Amazon Said Libraries Hurt eBook Sales” Rumor

2 February, 20202 February, 2020Library eBooks3 Comments

Who wants to help me chase down a rumor and see if there’s nay truth to it? For the last 8 months or so everyone in...

Library Extension Turns Amazon.com Into a Branch of Your Local Library

8 January, 202010 January, 2020Amazon, Library eBooks21 Comments

A reader has tipped me to a Chrome extension which lets users browse Amazon.com and see if a book or ebook is available at their local...

Macmillan Can’t Adapt to the Market, So It’s Forcing Customers to Adapt to it

10 November, 201914 November, 2019Library eBooks2 Comments

Macmillan CEO John Sargent is back in the news this week with yet another attempt at defending Macmillan’s new policy of windowing library ebooks. This time,...

Libraries are Boycotting Macmillan eBooks

3 November, 201910 November, 2019Library eBooksOne Comment

While some libraries are telling patrons that Macmillan’s new restrictions are why its ebooks are not available, others are simply opting not to buy any Macmillan...

Libraries Aren’t Pulling Any Punches When Explaining Publisher-Imposed Delays to Patrons

3 November, 201910 November, 2019Library eBooks5 Comments

Macmillan’s new restrictions on library ebook sales went into effect on Friday, and OverDrive was ready. Library patrons who reserve an ebook through the OverDrive Libby...

John Sargent’s Math Just Doesn’t Add Up

30 October, 201910 November, 2019Library eBooks4 Comments

Today is the 30th of October. In two days Macmillan will enact its new policy embargoing ebook sales to libraries, a policy which is so unpopular...

Sometimes Amazon is More Evil Than the Major Publishers

25 October, 201925 October, 2019Amazon, Library eBooks11 Comments

When it comes to ebooks, it is easy for a digital and indie author proponent to take the side of Amazon against the major publishers. After...

The Whole “Library eBooks Kill Retail eBook Sales” Idea Makes No Sense

20 September, 201920 September, 2019DeBunking, Library eBooks22 Comments

I was working on a blog post this morning on Scholastic ebooks being in OverDrive when I got to thinking about the current uproar over library...

Biblioteca: Amazon Is To Blame for Library eBook Woes

28 August, 201929 August, 2019Amazon, Library eBooks9 Comments

It is a truism in today’s publishing industry that every problem can be blamed on Amazon. It doesn’t matter if Amazon is not even remotely connected ...

Simon & Schuster Changes Library eBook, Audiobook License Terms

2 July, 20193 July, 2019Library eBooksOne Comment

Simon & Schuster has just announced that it is both lengthening the license period for ebooks licensed to libraries, and also imposing a limit on audiobook...

Hachette Changes eBook Terms to Further Screw Over Libraries

18 June, 201918 June, 2019Library eBooks2 Comments

The American Library Association is holding its annual conference later this week in Washington DC, and I know what all the librarians will be talking about....

Why College Libraries Are Going Bookless

26 May, 201926 May, 2019Digital Library, Library eBooks30 Comments

We’ve all read the news stories about this college or that college removing books from their libraries. Stanford was one of the first to go bookless back...

DC Public Library Wants to Add Local Self-Published Authors to Their Catalog

18 April, 201918 April, 2019Library eBooks, Self-Pub2 Comments

A couple weeks ago I shared a link to a DCist post about the DC Public Library launching a program where local indie authors can submit...