Librarians at the Gate

Bob Cox says Darwin Magazine has a story, Librarians at the Gate that takes a look at the cordial, if complicated, relationship shared by publishers and public libraries. Now, they say, technology has fouled the waters in
the form of e-books, which make it possible for a
library to lend a single book at one time to, say,
everyone in Manhattan. Big publishers, most of whom
live in Manhattan, are no longer happy with their relationship with libraries.
And they are particularly unhappy with e-publishers.