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I don't think the publishing houses care about the library sales so the boycott isn't likely to be effective. There's a lot of negative PR but they've demonstrated they don't care about negative PR.
I think the libraries would be better off using their lobbying power to remind politicians that copyright is intended to grant a temporary ability to earn a profit to encourage more works that fall into the public domain (including public libraries). Bring the discussion back to copyright reform and shorting terms and maybe the BPH will remember that this is a balance between public interest and private interest and libraries aren't just lost sales.
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