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Friday, March 6, 2020

Short Article - Libraries Could Preserve Ebooks Forever, But Greedy Publishers Won’t Let Them

Title:
Libraries Could Preserve Ebooks Forever, But Greedy Publishers Won’t Let Them

Author:
Caitlin McGarry

Published:
Gizmodo, 2 March 2020

From the article:
"Publishers impose rules on libraries that limit how many people can check out an ebook, and for how long a library can even offer that ebook on its shelves, because free, easily available ebooks could potentially damage their bottom lines. Libraries are handcuffed by two-year ebook licenses that cost way more than you and I pay to own an ebook outright forever."

To read this article:
https://gizmodo.com/libraries-could-preserve-ebooks-forever-but-greedy-pub-1841922375