Thread: Librarians Threaten Boycott Over HC e-Book Terms
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Old 03-07-2011, 12:54 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by asjogren View Post
Imagine if the Cartel was a little more forward thinking. Get a hook into Overdrive. Whenever the hold queue is "long", or, the eBook is not available - offer to RENT the eBook NOW for $2.99 for 2 weeks. It is the same up sell that Amazon.com does with their free shipping. You can get it free if you are willing to wait. But, for a small price you can get it NOW!
This is an interesting idea. I'll bet people would be quite willing to pay a few bucks to get the book immediately. The downside is, of course, that there are probably people now who see a long library waiting list and buy a book at full price, so the publishers would lose those sales.

But wouldn't it be nice if a publisher implemented a few different schemes on a temporary basis, or with a few selected libraries, to see what might actually happen to sales?
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