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dkperez · 07-08-2012, 12:32 AM

Well, it's been ANOTHER six months. Has there been any SIGNIFICANT movement from the publishers to get current, best-selling books that people actually want to read into the hands of libraries? At reasonable rates and WITHOUT ridiculous usage limitations?

From where I'm sitting, the vast majority of well-known books by people like James Patterson, Baldacci, John Sandford, and on and on, STILL appear not to be available to libraries through Overdrive. I had hoped the "collusion" lawsuit would shake things up and get the big six to move, but so far I don't see ANY significant change...

07-08-2012, 12:32 AM	#1
dkperez Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 1047931 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: nine	Publishers STILL doing their best to screw the libraries? Well, it's been ANOTHER six months. Has there been any SIGNIFICANT movement from the publishers to get current, best-selling books that people actually want to read into the hands of libraries? At reasonable rates and WITHOUT ridiculous usage limitations? From where I'm sitting, the vast majority of well-known books by people like James Patterson, Baldacci, John Sandford, and on and on, STILL appear not to be available to libraries through Overdrive. I had hoped the "collusion" lawsuit would shake things up and get the big six to move, but so far I don't see ANY significant change...