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March 7, 2011 by Gary Price

Martin Taylor: "Well Done, HarperCollins: Librarians Must Change Old Thinking"

March 7, 2011 by Gary Price

Paul Biba at TeleRead.org has reprinted (with permission of course) a commentary by publishing industry veteran, Martin Taylor, that originally appeared as a post in Taylor’s eReport.
Here’s Several Sentences From the Lengthy Commentary:

The fact is that rightsholders do have serious concerns and librarians have not managed to address them. They won’t do it with anger, or with soothing but unfounded assurances that ebooks will be no different from print in their economic impact.
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A recent attempt to tackle this concern [that libraries help help book sales] was some research by library ebook supplier Overdrive. It indicated ebook lending had a positive impact on book sales. But it was printed book sales that the survey found benefited. This somewhat misses the point. It’s universally acknowledged that print will be a less  important source of income and many books will be digital-only. Publishers and authors are right to be concerned about the impact of lending on ebook sales. In addition, the past history of library ebook lending is largely irrelevant, given that it was mostly PDF files on clunky PCs—nothing like the experience of reading on a Kindle or iPad. And glib assurances that it will all be fine won’t cut it here when so much is at stake.
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Librarians must open their minds to these new realities impacting the creators and important downstream services.

Read the Complete Commentary
See Also: Roundup: What’s the Mainstream Press Writing About the HarperCollins Story?

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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