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Originally Posted by leebase
2% below expectation. Expectation could be anything.
But...here has been a 2% drop in the use of the library. Are we sure it’s McMillan being hurt?
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Expectations could also have been adjusted post the decision.
One other thing, I'm not seeing any data on sales of Macmillan novels to the public being mentioned here. Just circulation in a given library in a given time period. Which really big surprise, library patrons are still using the library because readers aren't beholden to a publisher they are in it for the books.
All this news has done is really confirm for me that Macmillan was right, the single copy of their ebooks being available for the first 8 weeks wouldn't have a massively negative affect on the libraries.