"A MAJOR Reason Why Libraries Shouldn’t Rejoice Over the Amazon-OverDrive Deal?"
Library City shares 35 words (one sentence) that were published in today’s Publisher’s Lunch, a well known publishing industry news source.
“Privately, some publishers say that the alliance will eventually limit ebook offerings to libraries rather than expand them, as at least some companies fear that unlimited library lending across all major platforms will cannibalize ebook sales.” – Today’s Publisher’s Lunch.
The post goes on to share to a few reactions from the Library City editors.
Interesting.
Filed under: Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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