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Old 05-21-2012, 09:31 PM   #1
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Hachette Back in Some Libraries w/ Frontlist Titles
Interesting turn of events.

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Hachette, which has not made new e-books available to libraries since 2010, is reconsidering the idea. In a pilot program starting this spring (which is…now?), the publisher is working with two e-book distributors to bring a “selection of HBG’s recent bestselling e-books to 7 million library patrons.”
Are sales down?

Did they think most people would just buy these books instead. I for one, wouldn't. I check out library books because they're free. If they pull their titles, I'll just read someone else's titles.
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Old 05-21-2012, 09:37 PM   #2
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Old 05-21-2012, 10:11 PM   #3
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apparently, the sales are down.
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Interesting turn of events.



Are sales down?

Did they think most people would just buy these books instead. I for one, wouldn't. I check out library books because they're free. If they pull their titles, I'll just read someone else's titles.
Very likely.

Also, the people that find out about them and then want to buy them:-

Don't.
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... Random House is the only big-six publisher to offer unrestricted access to its titles, though it sharply increased the prices of e-books for libraries this spring. Penguin recently ended its relationship with OverDrive and will no longer distribute e-books and digital audiobooks to libraries — at least until it finds a new partner. Macmillan and Simon & Schuster do not make e-books available to libraries. HarperCollins allows e-books to be checked out 26 times before the library has to buy a new copy. ...
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