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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Can you provide a source on that embargo? All I've been able to find, removing Macmillan from the search to get rid of as many articles about this specific incident, are either for Academic publishers which isn't the concern here since Macmillan may have academic imprints, but are much more vast. A mention of eAudiobooks from Blackstone which was further limited to a selection of popular authors not their entire frontlist. And Tor (who are an imprint of Macmillan for those unaware) setting a 4 month embargo a little over a year ago. Tor officials citing that they were looking in to library loans affecting sales.
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Penguin in the USA, I think for around two years, but sources are scarce. 2011:
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/...-ebook-titles/
And Penguin Australia completely pulled out of library lending for around two years in the early to mid tweenties. I remember it, but can't pinpoint the dates. Hachette did the same mid-decade - I still can't see any Hachette Australia ebooks available in my Overdrive catalogue, only audiobooks.
This book seems to corroborate.