Macmillan CEO on ebooks in libraires:
“If there’s a model where the publisher gets a piece of the action every time the book is borrowed, that’s an interesting model.”
another quote
“You get the book, read it, return it and get another, all without paying a thing. “It’s like Netflix, but you don’t pay for it. How is that a good model for us?”
Post is titled: eBooks in Libraries a Thorny Problem, Says Macmillan CEO
e-book lending
If books were bound better we wouldn’t be replacing them so often.
Bottom line
Why would publishers want to create a book that last a long time? They want the book to wear out so you have to buy another. It is all about the bottom line when you are talking about publishers.
bottom line
Exactly my point. Why should we concede to the wishes of their greed? E-books last longer. Good, they should.
ignorance
abounds ..