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Originally Posted by anamardoll
I... are they not aware that it's the publishers, not the vendors who are trying to shut libraries down?  |
It's true, this seems to imply that the publishers are GOING to sell to libraries directly, but that remains to be seen!
However, the vendor (singular) is also a problem. I understand that my beloved Overdrive has been increasing their fees tremendously of late. If Overdrive is a monopoly in the ebook library lending business, that can't be good. So I'm all for alternatives. However, if a library has already spent half a million or so in ebook licenses with Overdrive, would the licenses transfer to another company or to a "direct" model like this? I'm thinking probably not!
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