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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Thus it makes sense for the publisher to try and entice buyers over borrowers. Which is what this 8 week wait is about.
After that 8 weeks everyone has access to the books. There’s no distinct public benefit to the public having immediate access to essentially free new release fiction books. Yeah you might be a bit behind the zeitgeist unless you buy the book and read it but chances are you’d be on a wait list anyway since statistically you’re not going to be the first one to check every ebook you want out as they become available. And this doesn’t present a drain on society.
Is it inconvenient for those who can’t afford to purchase every new book they want? I don’t really think so most of the people in this thread have said they have long TBR piles (digitally and or physically) so they’ve got plenty of reading material.
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What evidence is there that people will buy the book rather than wait? Seems to me that all the embargo will do is make people wait longer.
And why is there now apparently a special set of rules for e-books? Wouldn't the same logic apply to hardcover books? Why isn't Macmillan telling libraries they can have only one copy of a hardcover for the first eight weeks?
While I'm not all up in arms about this, I don't see how it's going to help increase sales; I think it's only going to inconvenience readers somewhat. As you noted, most of us have other books to read while we wait for a book, so why would be buy it instead?