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Joykins · 02-25-2011, 02:51 PM

It's stuff like this that drives people who want to be honest into the arms of the pirates.

26 checkouts! I think this might make it unaffordable for libraries to license much HC content. I wonder if HC wants to drive up its rivals' sales or get competitors on board to monopolize as in agency pricing. I noticed my library is only acquiring new books by Harlequin so far this year, which (I think) is probably because Harlequins are very cheap and romances are popular. Library funding--never much during hard times--should be a concern to publishers who care about library sales.

02-25-2011, 02:51 PM	#39
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,601 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	It's stuff like this that drives people who want to be honest into the arms of the pirates. 26 checkouts! I think this might make it unaffordable for libraries to license much HC content. I wonder if HC wants to drive up its rivals' sales or get competitors on board to monopolize as in agency pricing. I noticed my library is only acquiring new books by Harlequin so far this year, which (I think) is probably because Harlequins are very cheap and romances are popular. Library funding--never much during hard times--should be a concern to publishers who care about library sales. Last edited by Joykins; 02-25-2011 at 02:54 PM.