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I've talked with the staff member at our library who is the go to Overdrive staff member. At this point she says she can't see adding new Harper Collins books to their catalog with these restrictions. At present time, most mid-level or highly popular books will have a waitlist of 8 to 10 patrons within one day of it being added and it will hit the mid-twenties within a week.
Which pretty much makes it - if you don't catch this book and get on the waiting list when we first list it then just forget about reading it.
Which isn't fair.
She shares my fear that the remaining 2 Big Publishers that allow their books (Penguin and Random House) will copy this policy and she anticipates many patrons calling to gripe at her that (Fill in the blank) book won't be available on Overdrive. They are still discussing what actions they want to take but at this time the general feeling is that it simply isn't an efficient use of library funds to invest in books which will disappear so quickly after purchase.
So hopefully there is an awesome line-up of smaller publishers out there who will be willing to step in and fill the gap, I guess.
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