Comments on: All Carrot, No Stick http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: john schoppert http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5780 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:33:06 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5780 @Rob, sorry, but libraries are not the largest buyers for books. If they were they would have the ear of the publishers. Libraries are a drop in the bucket for purchasing.

]]> By: All Carrot, No Stick, Ctd. « Agnostic, Maybe http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5776 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:17:29 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5776 [...] Comments « All Carrot, No Stick [...]

]]> By: Sarah Houghton (@TheLiB) http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5774 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:48:18 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5774 Andy – you need to write a follow-up post now, all about the different consequences you mention. We need to talk more about that stuff…and you do a good job of presenting a balanced view.

]]> By: Andy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5771 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:05:53 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5771 No, we will buy books from publishers, just not eBooks. Also, we can refuse to take their money or materials for book or author publicity, refuse their preview or advanced books, not review their books for our publications, and not allow them to be vendors at our conferences. There are alternatives that allow us to continue to purchase books.

]]> By: bringyournoise http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5770 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:26:21 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5770 There’s also this…http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2011/11/28/amazon-set-to-push-traditional-publishing-off-a-cliff/

Soon rather than later, consequences aren’t going to matter much.

]]> By: anankaf http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5769 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:16:12 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5769 And what is your suggestion for consequences? I have a hard time imagining libraries not buying books from publishers, which is the only concrete “punishment” I can see that libraries could met out.

]]> By: Rob Sage http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/all-carrot-no-stick/#comment-5768 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:12:04 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=1246#comment-5768 The consequence is simple….libraries are, by far, the largest purchasers of books. This is not going to change. Without libraries, publishers will end up with books with no buyers, and, for titles that people might still buy…guess what? they’re just going to go up on the torrent sties. That’s our stick. Deal with us or become the record industry and have no customers.

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