08-28-2012, 02:25 PM | #16 |
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Get the legislature to kill the stupid idea of an ebook sale only selling a "license". Then the libraries could buy books the same as any other purchaser and it would be theirs permanently.
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08-28-2012, 02:32 PM | #17 |
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It's honestly not a question of whether the library buys or licenses an ebook. How do you "lend" bits? Unless the librarian hands you a physical medium containing the library's copy of the ebook, a copy has to be made. That automatically invokes copyright law.
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08-28-2012, 05:52 PM | #18 |
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Indeed.
Also, this: http://blog.smashwords.com/2012/08/n...libraries.html Libraries aren't doomed but they do need to update their acquisitions process to open it up to the people and companies willing to supply content on reasonable terms. They need to remember there is more to publishing than the hostile BPHs. Last edited by fjtorres; 08-28-2012 at 08:34 PM. |
08-28-2012, 06:13 PM | #19 |
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I would think that if people cared about libraries, they'd be aware of what services libraries offer, like ebook loans.
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08-28-2012, 06:34 PM | #20 |
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One very good reason why this won't happen: It'd start a precident that would provide support for the attitude of people who feel they actually own a copy of software instead of just permission to use it.
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08-28-2012, 07:57 PM | #21 |
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I love ebooks and have no desire to read a paper book ever again. If I cannot get the ebook I want from the library, I might snivel about it much as I would whine if my breakfast got cold when I was in the shower. Then of course I could borrow the paper book if available, buy the book or read another book.
One often overlooked fact is that not all libraries have all books in paper format. If every ebook was available at say hardcover price and allowed to circulate the average amount of times as a paper book circulates very few if any libraries could afford to buy them all.. Sure I would like any ebook I want available instantly from the library, but I doubt this is a viable economic proposition for authors. And I do not have that ability with paper books either. Helen |
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Personally, there are two authors I can think of whose other book or books I bought after library reading -- Alex Dryden and Nury Vittachi. In both cases, it was because the authors wrote books only published outside the US, and thus almost impossible to get through libraries. I don't think this, or other rare situations, are going to give publishers the warm fuzzies. Quote:
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I'd love for Simon and Schuster to start selling their products, to libraries, via Overdrive. I hope they find a good business justification for it. But until then, there still is paper book borrowing. This is not now, or in the near future, a great moral issue. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 08-28-2012 at 10:18 PM. |
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08-29-2012, 02:36 AM | #25 |
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Surely it is possible if you can only see the catalogue from the library computers?
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