HarperCollins Seeks to Limit Digital Lending, Access Patron Data, Generally Piss Off Readers
February 25, 2011 | Friday | 124 CommentsPublishers are looking to limit how libraries do digital lending. It’s infuriating. I’m going to have to go wear my unsexy mouthguard, I’m clenching my jaw to steel-bending proportions the more I read. Start here: Bobbi L. Newman explained the great crapful news from OverDrive about digital lending: Digital book sales are now a significant percentage of all publisher and author revenue. As a result several trade publishers are re-evaluating eBook licensing terms for library lending services. Publishers are expressing concern and debating their digital future where a single eBook license to a library may never expire, never wear out,… read more »
