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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Isn't Macmillan the publisher that refuses to sell ebooks to libraries?
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It's one of them.
Here's what their CEO has to say about it...
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"That is a very thorny problem", said Sargent. In the past, getting a book from libraries has had a tremendous amount of friction. You have to go to the library, maybe the book has been checked out and you have to come back another time. If it's a popular book, maybe it gets lent ten times, there's a lot of wear and tear, and the library will then put in a reorder. With ebooks, you sit on your couch in your living room and go to the library website, see if the library has it, maybe you check libraries in three other states. You get the book, read it, return it and get another, all without paying a thing. "It's like Netflix, but you don't pay for it. How is that a good model for us?"
"If there's a model where the publisher gets a piece of the action every time the book is borrowed, that's an interesting model."
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