Kevin's Corner: CNN Opinion: Librarians to publishers: Please take our money. Publishers to librarians: Drop dead.

Friday, August 09, 2019

Terry W. Ervin II said...: While it was an opinion piece, there is a tough balance with libraries and ebooks, for publishers to deal with.

A library trying to deal with different requirements for every publisher isn't feasible. And there is a balance in what a publisher can expect to get financially from a library (or system of libraries) and what the library can reasonably spend on an ebook. With the big publishers, ebooks aren't cheap...usually well more than a paperback, and about 1/2 as much as hardcover.; 9:12 AM
Kevin R. Tipple said...: Agreed.

I have never tried to do ebooks with the library, but have known plenty of folks who did and will be impacted by this bullcrap.; 10:44 AM