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I am missing something here.
I can't see the point of Overdrive segregating Indies. Why carry them in the first place if they do not want them to be seen?
And how can the BPH exert any more pressure than before. Overdrive currently AFAIK has a lock in most countries outside the US. I am not in the US, but I would assume that Amazon would supply Indy titles to libraries there if requested to so?
I am sure that a lot(some") of librarians can be elitist or snobbish, but they are not forced to buy/list the books are they? Why would they pay tax money to buy something they did
not want to be seen? Surely this is bizarre and could come back to bite them.
I do not disbelieve this is happening, but why?
My understanding is that the libraries are not forced to acquire the books, some of the BPH would just as soon not lend to libraries, and only provide them to Overdrive due to public opinion and in some countries, perhaps laws. Overdrive is used to pressure from them I am sure.
Seems like some kind of idiocy on behalf of all the parties concerned and a lawsuit waiting to happen, but probably I am just not understanding the issue.
Helen
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