[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

When and where did they say they weren't allowing any new eBooks strictly because of the Kindle deal?

In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive’s relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the “Get for Kindle” functionality for all Penguin ebooks.

The company backed away from that demand, but the security concerns have likely never been allayed. When borrowing with a Kindle via OverDrive, the transaction essentially is removed from the public library and takes place under the terms that Amazon has worked out with OverDrive.

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/...ith-overdrive/

In addition, Penguin informed suppliers to libraries that it expected them to abide by existing agreements to offer older digital titles to libraries only if those files were held behind the firewalls of the suppliers.

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/...of-new-titles/