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Originally Posted by gracie
First - I AM NOT TRYING TO START A URINATION FESTIVAL OR FLAME WAR OR ANYTHING ELSE... I'm trying to understand how decisions get made...
I sent my local library a request for a couple titles. I get a response that there were earlier titles from the author that WERE available from the publisher, but NONE of the "current" titles were available to the library. All the titles are available from Kobo or Amazon or B&N for purchase. AND, all the titles I requested are available in the library on paper and/or audio.
So, WHAT is the reasoning that causes a publisher to decide title A from an author will be available to the library as an ebook, but title B from the same author won't? But at the same time, both A AND B are available to the library on paper and audio book...
I presume there's some algorithm that makes sense, but with the growing popularity of e-readers, why would the publisher turn down sales to the library system?
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Macmillan, Simon and Shuster never allowed their ebooks to be purchased by Overdrive for sale to libraries. Harper Collins sold their ebooks to Overdrive but then decided that their new ebooks would have to be repurchased after being lent out after 26 loans. Overdrive is no longer purchasing their new titles. Penguin Books decided shortly after Kindle library lending became available that their new titles would no longer be available for sale to Overdrive. Older titles from these publishers are available and will probably still remain available at least in epub format. So it appears that new books from the big 4 publishers will no longer be available as ebooks in libraries worldwide.