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Originally Posted by Fbone
This is great news. However, library lending is still controlled by the publishers. I hope this announcement doesn't deter them from adding their titles to Overdrive. We still have two major publishers missing from the system. Plus one with restrictions.
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This is exactly my worry. With Amazon finally getting with the idea of library lending...I can see all the publishers now pulling support for all library ebooks.
Publishers, as we all know, are very suspicious of how ebooks are changing their selling model...and tend to react stupidly. I really can see them not allowing libraries to have any ebooks or making it so cost prohibitive that libraries can't afford to offer them.
I guess it was nice while it lasted....but Amazon getting on board with library lending is not going to be a good thing in the long run....for anyone.