![]() ![]() ![]() But then there’s this bit that really made me want to do a post on things, where MacMillan’s CEO basically blames libraries for why authors at publishers are making less money. ![]() The license is pretty limited to, down to 2 years or a set number of reads, after which the library has to purchase another copy.Īs this news article points out, MacMillan is the fourth publisher to go after libraries in this manner. After that, they can buy additional ones at a very high price. Libraries get one digitial copy of a new book, and only one, for the first eight weeks. Instead of an outright ban, it’s a limit. It’s not as brutal as Tor’s … but it’s still not great. Something that really said a lot to me, personally, about how MacMillan is seeing things.īut first, we should cover MacMillan’s new blow at libraries. Now normally I’d sort of shake my head at this and move on, because this is just more book drama with publishers trying to recoup a market that’s slowly and steadily slipping away from them, but then in the news release, something else caught my eye. MacMillan is the latest publisher to jump on this train. And therefore, they were going to be barring libraries from purchasing new copies of their books until a set time after release so that readers would be forced to buy them, rather than reading them at a library? Remember about … I want to say eight months or so ago, but it may have been longer, when Tor went ahead and decided that libraries were a threat to their business, since they let people check out books “for free” (the library pays for the book at a high price, mind). MacMillan, on the other hand (one of the larger book publishers), does. Are libraries bad for authors? No, I don’t think so. For instance, when she was a baby her mother had been so worried Nora’s left ear stuck out more than her right that she’d used sticky tape to address the situation, then disguised it beneath a woollen bonnet.Before we stumble into a cliche-filled moment of drama where inferences are made off of the title, I’ll be blunt: No, I don’t think so. It was hard not to compare Mrs Elm to her mother, who treated Nora like a mistake in need of correction. But you could be anything you want to be, Nora. ‘Of course, you’re going to be worried about the exams. A knight hopping over the neat row of white pawns. ‘Nora dear, it’s natural to worry about your future,’ said the librarian, Mrs Elm, her eyes twinkling. She sat at a low table staring at a chess board. Nineteen years before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat in the warmth of the small library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford. If you’d want your library to join the network, read the details here. It you are a reader and would like to borrow library ebooks or audiobooks, check out whether your public or school library is powered by OverDrive. It’s interesting that Gillian Flynn, the author of Gone Girl – the most borrowed OverDrive book of all time, didn’t make it to the list of most popular authors. The last author in the Top 10, Rick Riordan, enjoyed “only” some 4.4 million checkouts. Nora Roberts is the other author with the number of checkouts higher than 10 million – it’s 11,803,920. When you compare this number with how many James Patterson books are available in different formats and languages in the OverDrive catalog (currently, it’s 1,998), you’ll see that on average one title was borrowed 10,500 times. ![]() Ebooks and audiobooks authored or co-authored by James Patterson were borrowed 20,943,434 times. The company is celebrating this milestone with an infographic that puts together interesting facts about most popular books and authors.Ī section that ranks authors based on the total number of checkouts of their books is extremely interesting, as it shows how popular the service is. Since that time, more than 1 billion digital books were borrowed from connected public and school libraries. The first ebook was checked out on April 8. OverDrive started distributing digital content to libraries in 2003. Currently, users are borrowing 12 titles every single second. The catalog includes over 2 million ebooks and audiobooks from 5,000 publishers, in over 100 languages. Jane Austen books – free ebook and audiobook downloads 9 recommended Kindle books for World Book Day 2023 ![]()
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