![]() There’s been a particular thread about commercial fiction and public library patrons. ![]() And even further ahead of Simon and Schuster and Macmillan, who have never sold ebooks to libraries.īut back to the DPLA, which has been discussing the future of ebook publishing as it relates to libraries.Which puts Harper Collins ahead of Penguin and Hachette, who have both stopped selling ebooks to libraries.Harper Collins sells to libraries, and every time the copy has been checked out 26 times, the library has to buy it again.Only Random House just plain lets libraries buy their ebooks to lend to patrons.The other question is, what do libraries provide? The “Big 6” publishers are increasingly skittish about providing ebooks for public libraries to lend. The question remains what they can do about it. ![]() Libraries really don’t have the luxury to pretend this isn’t happening. ![]() Statistics are showing double the ereader penetration in the US population from this time last year, not counting multi-function tablet (i.e. The piece of the discussion that has caught my interest concerns the future availability of ebooks for public libraries to loan to patrons - and whether lending ebooks to patrons should be part of any public library future. ![]() The Digital Public Library of America discussion list has kicked into high gear again, in anticipation of an in-person meeting at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in mid-January, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. ![]()
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