Sunday, February 27, 2011

Sad news for libraries and ebook lending

This article in Library Journal states that Harper Collins will now limit the number of times a library can lend one of their ebook titles to 26.

The article states:

Josh Marwell, President, Sales for HarperCollins, told LJ that the 26 circulation limit was arrived at after considering a number of factors, including the average lifespan of a print book, and wear and tear on circulating copies.
This is an incredibly terrible idea. I can't imagine what libraries will do when faced with having to repurchase their ebooks after they've been circulated only 26 times.

UPDATE: Here's another link to a story in the NYT about HC, in it you find out that Macmillan and Simon & Schuster don't even make their ebook titles available to libraries.
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2 comments:

  1. Catherine at BookLending.comMarch 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    HarperCollins has also chosen not to enable Kindle book lending for its books.

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  2. LindaMarch 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Hi Catherine!

    Wow, that's really sad news. I noticed that there's a new badge going around on some blogs authored by ereading enthusiasts. It features a HarperCollins logo with a line through it.

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