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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The timing can't have helped his blood pressure much, coming on a day Amazon had a throwaway line in the FireTV that points out they have way more exclusive titles (500,000) than Smashwords has titles (~280,000). (The old "what's mine is mine, what's yours is negotiable" scenario.)
Can't be happy with the nameless "librarian" behind the fiasco.
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Had I really thought no one had reported it to him, I'd have been more than happy to have sent him an email. Shrug. But honestly, I don't stay on top of these things like I used to and really, after the shipping started, someone from Smash should probably have looked to see how the books were displayed and/or verified that they were in fact showing up. Not that I blame Mark or anyone else from Smash, but I did assume they knew either because it was the only way Smash could get the titles on there or someone had already asked about it. It's true that Smash may not have known. But someone at overdrive programmed it that way so it wasn't done spur of the moment, which means it was talked about and planned.
And isn't it convenient to fall back on the nameless "libraries/librarians requested it." Okay. Who? Where? When? This implies thoughtful research and planning...and if there is such an organization/survey being done, how does one get on that council of experts? I'd love to suggest my library be involved in "improvements" at Overdrive. I'm sure other librarians would love to put in their two cents as well. Shoot, I bet a few READERS would love to offer opinions...