Thread: Harper Collins' response to new library lending policy
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:39 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
Dragon Tattoo: 35 copies, 113 patrons on waiting list.
OK, so 35 copies with 26 checkouts each = 910 checkouts.

If we presume 70 readers per month (35 copies x 2 week checkout period), that's 13 months before you'd have to re-purchase.

Let's say the HC library cost is $8 (a 20% discount on a $10 price, which is actually high for this title), and a non-HC blockbuster is $25 (150% markup).

HC costs you $280; non-HC costs you $875. You'd need to purchase this title 3 times over before it costs the same as the marked-up price.

If it is correct that HC does charge less and others charge more, financially it really is not looking like such a bad deal, even with a blockbuster best seller.

Again not necessarily a fantabulous deal but a) much better than the publishers that mark up their library prices and b) much better than publishers that refuse to allow ebook library lending at all.
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