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Never mind, realized I misread the post I was going to reply to
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I do have one more suggestion. If it gets Penguin back to allowing new eBooks, please remove Kindle eBooks.
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But to be totally honest, I'd rather have Penguin eBooks back at Overdrive then Kindle eBooks. |
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That isn't why Penguin stop giving new titles to libraries. It had nothing to do with Amazon. It had to do with piracy. They felt their new titles were being checkout and pirated all over the dark net.
The whole Penguin books have to be USB transfered was their way at getting back at Amazon. That was a different situation and nothing with new titles being pulled. |
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Given the strained resources of virtually all libraries these days, lower demand would mean that they would almost certainly cause libraries to shift a portion of their few $$$ from ebooks into other areas, like print books, audio/video materials or learning programs. Either jswolf thinks libraries spend too much of their limited funds on ebooks, or that idea wasn't thought through to its likely real-world outcome. |
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Penguin finally froze their new titles after they discovered that their new releases were being pirated right away. They blame the pirates were getting the ebooks from Overdrive libraries which is very possible and they were afraid they lose profits. It has nothing to do with Overdrive allowing Kindle books that had happen month or two earlier. Last edited by Blossom; 02-16-2013 at 03:13 AM. |
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The point I am trying to make is that your suggestion is based on what you personally need, completely disregarding all patrons (and tax payers) with kindle devices.
It is like me suggesting to stop offering Mystery novels, which I don't read, so that more Fantasy novels can be purchased. Or like me suggesting to stop offering ePub, because I have a Kindle. Maybe I can send Overdrive a list of books I already read, so they can discontinue them and purchase the books on my extended Amazon wishlist instead. Last edited by xendula; 02-16-2013 at 01:38 PM. |
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