Comments on: That Whole Hachette eBook Price Increase Thing

By: Bibliotheks Polizei

Bibliotheks Polizei — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:37:20 +0000

Every time price hikes for ebooks are justified by the notion that they are worth more because of their digital format reminds me how quickly that is undone by piracy. Which is funny to me, because instead of getting ebooks for “free” at the library where the publishers are paid, by pricing out libraries out, the very act publishers claim to be a problem becomes incentivized. Or at least that is how I see it.

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By: john of jack

john of jack — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:08:38 +0000

It would be interesting to see a handful of major metropolitan library systems start boycotting those publishers altogether. I don’t think it would take much–say NY, LA, Miami, Chicago, Dallas?– for the publishers to decide that they do want the library market after all.

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:59:10 +0000

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By: Mike the Librarian

Mike the Librarian — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:25:30 +0000

Hey, I love my ebooks. But you’re right. If they aren’t available in libraries for me to try before I buy, I won’t know they exist. Congrats, idiot publishers; you’ve found the best possible model to discourage libraries from buying your books … and letting the book-buying public know about them. Is it possible to choke on 0s and 1s?