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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Yes, this article isn't heavily biased at all.  The author barely goes a sentence without insulting Tor, Macmillan, or anyone not sharing his viewpoint.
Where has Macmillan said libraries were their biggest customers? Figures posted here would seem to indicate otherwise, that libraries make up a rather small percentage of their sales. Even Overdrive backs this up noting a rather limited selection of Tor books were bought by libraries.
I have never heard of anyone going to a bookstore or library and asking "Where are the *insert publisher* books?".
This just in companies like making money, if 8% can be gained without any major offset, then they're going to want to gain that 8%. |
Well, people have opinions and on the internet, you can find an opinion to support just about any point of view. I didn't find the blog post particularly persuasive.
For the most part, this seems to be something that is being driven by a small group of people with the any stick to beat the publishers with crowd piling on. I suspect this will go the way of the agency pricing, i.e. a small group will continue to pound the table over it, but everyone else just moves on. Those who want to get ebooks from their libraries will continue to be able to do so. They may not get the latest best seller on the day it hits the streets without actually buying it, but that's a personal choice to make.