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Wow...[edit]
Unfortunately for me there isn't an overdrive library near me unless I get a library card in some cities just outside of where I live but...
Harper Collins are forcing Libraries to re-buy new ebook copies after checking them out 26 times.
The link will take you to the story and a video of a library in Oklahoma expressing their dismay over this.
That just seems so wrong. I could see if the epub file got corrupted (in that case I still think the distributor would just send out a new copy to a library. Does HarperCollins think libraries make lots of money? Because I can tell you ... they don't.
[Edit: Seems you guys were talking about this days ago. I really haven't been visiting the journals much these days... so pardon. Although I still found the video kind of interesting.] :)
Harper Collins are forcing Libraries to re-buy new ebook copies after checking them out 26 times.
The link will take you to the story and a video of a library in Oklahoma expressing their dismay over this.
That just seems so wrong. I could see if the epub file got corrupted (in that case I still think the distributor would just send out a new copy to a library. Does HarperCollins think libraries make lots of money? Because I can tell you ... they don't.
[Edit: Seems you guys were talking about this days ago. I really haven't been visiting the journals much these days... so pardon. Although I still found the video kind of interesting.] :)
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I predict a sudden downturn in sales of Harper-Collins ebooks to libraries. Which they will blame on (1) piracy and (2) lack of public interest in ebooks, not on the fact that libraries have little interest in a 1-year license for books.