If Libraries Didn’t Exist, Would Publishers Be Trying To Kill Book Lending?

If Libraries Didn’t Exist, Would Publishers Be Trying To Kill Book Lending?
A familiar pattern emerges. Small, innovative publishers who are ready to adapt, reap the benefits by meeting the growing demand for ebooks at local libraries – and doubtless picking up knock-on sales as a result. Meanwhile, big, sclerotic publishers resist trying out new business models, preferring to make the use of digital formats for lending as “inconvenient” as possible – in the forlorn hope that readers will just give up and buy something. We all know how that story ends.

January 5, 2012 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:
    January 6, 2012 at 2:07 am

    Headline
    The author should have titled this – Publishers don’t want libraries to exist

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  2. Anonymous says:
    January 6, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    It’s a cruel world out there…
    I don’t think publishers really care whether libraries exist or not. They just don’t want to do business with them unless doing so contributes materially to their bottom line.

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