Comments on: The Publisher of Tolkien Has Taken a Business Lesson from Sauron http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 24 May 2013 07:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Language of the Deal | Library Renewal http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-4983 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:49:54 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-4983 [...] pitch does not reflect the reality of the service. Ultimately, take Andy Woodworth’s advice: if it’s not a good deal, don’t buy it. And most importantly, make sure you understand the language of the [...]

]]> By: “Sometimes I feel like we set ourselves up to fail.” | Library Renewal http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3860 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:08:31 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3860 [...] do we set up ourselves to fail? Andy Woodworth suggests that far too often, libraries don’t say “no” when faced with a bad deal. We contract with [...]

]]> By: Open Thread Thursday: Sparta Edition « Agnostic, Maybe http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3653 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:07:38 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3653 [...] the eBook Readers’ Bill of Rights over the weekend and blogging on the HarperCollins timeline (1, 2, 3, 4 entries), it feels like I’ve been doing nothing but reading and writing in my spare time [...]

]]> By: Subjects Matter! » Blog Archive » E books good for 26 reads, then: *Tilt* GAME OVER! http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3647 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:06:57 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3647 [...] the example of Andy Woodworth, an irritated blogging librarian who summed  up the situation in a post on his blog  as “The Publisher of Tolkien Has Taken A Business Lesson From [...]

]]> By: CBS Bibliotek Blog – Innovation & Ny Viden » Blog Archive » En uge med e-bøger i fokus http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3639 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:49:58 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3639 [...] vanskeligheder, da de forsøgte at begrænse mulighederne for at udlåne e-bøger i USA. Læs mere The Publisher of Tolkien Has Taken a Business Lesson from Sauron (med links). De forsøgte at forklare sig og åbne op for en diskussion i et Open Letter to [...]

]]> By: Limits on library e-books stir controversy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3600 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:00:27 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3600 [...] that a publisher would try this. Not surprised, just appalled.” One librarian summed it up in a blog post as “The Publisher of Tolkien Has Taken A Business Lesson From [...]

]]> By: The Publisher of Tolkien Has Taken a Business Lesson from Sauron | The Digital Reader http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3584 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:23:14 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3584 [...] by Andy Woodworth [...]

]]> By: John Kirriemuir http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3580 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:35:20 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3580 Nice title; and a valid (and oft overlooked) point; libraries and librarians who declare they will spend their (finite) funding with other publishers may be the best way to rough up HC a bit.

Made a few points, not all of them sensible, here:

http://is.gd/snorer

]]> By: John Schoppert http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3572 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:10:49 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3572 I’ve always wondered about the seemingly monopolizing aspect of Overdrive where its the only large player to offer copyrighted new material. Of course, there’s open source and public domain material available.
Here’s some thoughts I had -

Amazon already has proven they can and will remove titles from your kindle. And, if I’m not mistaken, you never truly own your purchase with kindle, its a two year window?

HarperCollins (and all other publishers) should watch the Neil Gaiman video on piracy. And then watch the Margaret Atwood video about the author’s piece of the pie and concerns of the primary source.

Overdrive allows three three checkout windows for ebook downloads; 5, 14, or 21 days. If you’re a fast reader and opt for the 5 day window, think how fast a short page-burner title will need to be re-licensed. Libraries will have to re-license that title far quicker then every year.

Publisher’s will also see the light and publish lighter, shorter novels – Bridges of Madison County; The Shack. Goodbye to War and Peace.

]]> By: Discriminating Against Libraries, 26 eBook Circs at a Time http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3570 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:10:34 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-publisher-of-tolkien-has-taken-a-business-lesson-from-sauron/#comment-3570 [...] I’ve not seen mentioned much in the discussion going on in the library community and in the author and reading communities, has been what about small public libraries? Their [...]

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