[net-gold] BOOKS: ELECTRONIC : LIBRARIES : PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS: ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE: Fury Over 'Stupid' Restrictions to Library Ebook Loans
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- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:30:58 -0500 (EST)
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BOOKS: ELECTRONIC :
LIBRARIES :
PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS: ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE:
Fury Over 'Stupid' Restrictions to Library Ebook Loans
Fury Over 'Stupid' Restrictions to Library Ebook Loans
HarperCollins's plans to limit libraries to 26 loans of each ebook
declared 'backward-looking and retrograde'
Benedicte Page
Guardian.co.uk
Tuesday 1 March 2011 12.44
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/01/
restrictions-library-ebook-loans
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/4ly2qyt
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Furious librarians are calling for a boycott of publisher HarperCollins
over its decision to put a limit on the number of times its ebooks can be
loaned.
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Under the new policy, announced by distributor Overdrive in a letter to
customers last week, libraries will only be able to lend out each
purchased ebook published by HarperCollins a total of 26 times before the
book's lifetime expires.
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The development has led to an explosion of anger among librarians, who up
until now have been able to lend any ebook as often as they like just as
they do with print copies. Loans are generally made via the library's
website, with users gaining access via a PIN number, and downloaded ebooks
remaining live for a two-week loan period.
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Phil Bradley, vice president of the UK professional body The Chartered
Institute of Library and Information Professionals, blogged: "I simply
cannot begin to describe what a stupid, backward-looking and retrograde
step I think this is." He called the move "a direct attack on a library's
users, making it difficult for them to borrow electronic books that they
might otherwise be unable to read," adding: "Worse than that, it is going
to make libraries think twice about purchasing ebooks in the future if
publishers think that they can just change the rules whenever they feel
like it."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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