Comments on: Publishing Industry Forces OverDrive and Other Library eBook Vendors to Take a Giant Step Back

By: Why Might A Publisher Pull Its E-Books From Libraries? — paidContent

Why Might A Publisher Pull Its E-Books From Libraries? — paidContent — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:38:19 +0000

[...] and the company that Penguin is contracted with–acknowledged in a letter (PDF) posted on blog Librarian by Day to the company’s library partners earlier this year that some publishers (not just Penguin!) [...]

By: 【翻译】图书馆是不是应该退出电子书市场？ | Nalsi的西文编目笔记III

【翻译】图书馆是不是应该退出电子书市场？ | Nalsi的西文编目笔记III — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:08:43 +0000

[...] 我知道你们要说什么，我甚至能听到你们说的话——“我们不能这样做！我们的读者需要电子书！”但另一方面，我们的读者需要的很多东西我们都没办法给他们，比如永远都能最先借到James Patterson的新书、书过期了也不用交罚款、图书馆更早开门更晚关门、或者不再使用杜威分类法——因为终其一生，读者也搞不明白这些数字是什么意思。说起电子书，我们没办法提供他们想要的，或者说，我们没办法给他们提供Simon and Schuster或者MacMillan的电子书、我们没办法提供Penguin或者是Hatchet的新书、我们没办法把HarperCollins的电子书借出26次以上、我们也没办法提供给他们很多Random House的电子书，因为我们买不起那么多。我们能做的，或者可能我们应当做的，是明智的使用他们交的税，而且我当下觉得，把这些钱花在现在这个电子书系统上并不明智。 [...]

By: Should Libraries Get Out of the eBook Business? | Librarian by Day

Should Libraries Get Out of the eBook Business? | Librarian by Day — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:31:50 +0000

[...] from Simon and Schuster or MacMillian or new books from Penguin or Hatchet, and not more than 26 times from HarperCollins, and probably not many books from Random House. What we can do, what maybe we should do, is spend [...]

By: Netflix and libraries and #hcod at Attempting Elegance

Netflix and libraries and #hcod at Attempting Elegance — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:16:15 +0000

[...] short, as information professionals, during the whole HarperCollins and OverDrive debate, did we learn [...]

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:19:20 +0000

Actually you’re wrong about the economy. Studies show that library book borrowing actually increases book sales so there is no need for the fee-per-checkout-model based on your reasoning. Also who decides if a book is “good” libraries are about equal access and opportunity, were responsible for providing all types of material even those we don’t agree with or deem “good”

By: Brian Bordenkircher

Brian Bordenkircher — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:58:24 +0000

I agree to an extent that publishers should be able to charge a small fee per e-book checked out. It’s in some way better for our economy than a regular library as long as the books are good. Of course if the books are not good there should be an easy way to rate the book so that the library wont waste money on repurchasing rights to a specific e-book.

These changes in the publishing industry will change so many things from libraries, to self publishing, to the rise in cost of paper books. It will be very interesting to see how the publishing industry will change in the next decade or two. Hopefully there will be many positive changes as time moves on

By: Lis Carey

Lis Carey — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:42:46 +0000

You are confused. It’s not the libraries that want to do this. It’s the PUBLISHER, HarperCollins, that has decided to limit libraries’ rights to the ebooks they “buy,” and force them to re-”buy” the ebook again after 26 loans.

No one has suggested that libraries charge borrowers the full price of the book or anything close to it for a loan. Some people have suggested $1-$2 per loan, but even that hasn’t been a popular idea.

By: eBook Library

eBook Library — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:26:00 +0000

Seems a bit ridiculous that libraries are limiting the use of eBooks. I can somewhat understand that you shouldn’t just be able to go out and get as many books on your Nook or Kindle as you want from the library and never have to return it (borders on piracy at that point, doesn’t it?) but charging the full price of a book for a digital rental is a bit absurd.

By: Starting an E-Reader Lending Library « PC Sweeney's Blog

Starting an E-Reader Lending Library « PC Sweeney's Blog — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:26:26 +0000

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By: Top Ten Links 2.14 | Librarian by Day

Top Ten Links 2.14 | Librarian by Day — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:24:52 +0000

[...] Day Against DRM: May 4th – given the uproar against HarperCollins how can librarians [...]