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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Freading has been discussed here quite a bit in some threads. I think the biggest reason you don't see it (or hear about it) more is that a large number of library patrons are looking primarily for content from the Big 5 publishers. IIRC the biggest pubs Freading has been able to get on board are Sourcebooks, Kensington and Houghton Mifflin.
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Okay.
I rarely venture out to other forums/threads. I guess, in retrospect, that I should have done a search. However, there may be other people like me who pretty much stay in this forum who have never heard anything about it.
Thanks for the information about the reason for the slowness of libraries to adopt the service. FREADING (I put in all caps because that's how they have it) claims to have "titles from more than 1,000 publishers." It would seem like with that many, a lot of big publishers would have to be represented, but that's not logically the case. The 1,000 publishers must be primarily the little publishers out there.
The question that arises in my mind is why don't libraries sign up anyway. I believe in the mantra, "always follow the money," to find out the source of a problem. If you are correct, FREADING must be asking too much money for their service, compared to the quality of their offerings.
I guess that the logjam will clear up one of these days.
I'll hold off on emailing the two libraries that I had planned to email.