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Originally Posted by leebase
Bookmobiles...love it. Not at all a factor in today’s battle between publishers and “frictionless borrowing” coupled with marketing designed to change buyers into borrowers.
If 45% of a publishers ebook reads come from libraries....what percentage of revenue comes from selling to libraries? I would imagine that libraries account for far less than 45% of the revenue...ergo, publishers are seeking to address this situation.
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Well, if you believe MacMillan, 15% of digital revenues come from libraries.
Here's a roundup of that catfight.
https://www.panoramaproject.org/news...-lending-terms
I'll merely point out that their primary competition among tradpub is BAEN, who have been trying (and apparently failing) to get their ebooks into libraries. And whose ebook prices run 30-60% lower.
Make of it what you will. I've no dog (or cat) intbat fight.
Closer to the OP:
Of the various mobile delivery systems past and present, the one that caught my eye was the "lady mobile" walking library. A reminder of how different the 30's were.
Faced with a challenge, humans will find a way.