Publisher Harper Collins is clamping down on the number of times its digital ebooks can be lent out by libraries in the US. And it's set the limit at 26 times.
After that, the library will have to buy the ebook again. And it could impose the same rules in the UK.
According to the Guardian newspaper, Harper Collins says this is the average lifespan of a print book in a library.
This video shows two librarians in Oklahoma who decided to prove the publisher wrong.
Of course, ebooks being indestructible (as near a damn it) is a big worry for publishers. We buy an ebook and have it forever, never needing to replace it because it's lost (usually you can re-download it) or damaged.
Nasty Harper Collins.
(Via: Guardian)
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