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Library boycott of Macmillan - results
After two months of libraries boycotting MacMillan ebooks, some early numbers are emerging:
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So 90% are going along with MacMillan. On a library by library basis they seem to be having an impact but globally...? |
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01-20-2020, 11:53 AM | #3 |
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I might be wrong but isn’t it also a bit of wishful thinking that the relative unchanged circulation means patrons are moving from Macmillan authors to other publishers authors as a result of the boycott?
1) there’s no data showing they weren’t aware of those authors before the boycott and read them. 2) as far as I’m aware circulation just means books getting checked out. No libraries have purged Macmillan ebooks so it’s possible backstock isn’t getting checked out 3) for that matter is ‘circulation’ in this case strictly limited to ebook check outs or is it all check outs. All in all this reads as a kid being proud it got a drop of honey out of a 5 gallon container. |
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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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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. |
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Maybe it means 92% of library systems don't care enough about ebook availability to boycott?
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I wonder if new issues of library cards are up at non- boycotting libraries. The 92% of ebook borrowers that are determined to borrow instead of buy are resourceful.
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01-22-2020, 09:25 AM | #10 |
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Besides news articles and twitter tags, it may not make much difference. A lot of libraries still haven't invested much into expanding digitally as much as many seem to assume. Mine, for example. It's across a large county but I rarely find books on there I want to read in a digital format. Same for a friend, so we don't even check most of the time anymore. Florida does not let me borrow from other counties digitally either, I've tried, so I ended up mainly relying on subscription services for the time being.
If a lot of place are also like this, I'm not going to see it making much difference, especially if those libraries don't bother joining the boycott |
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