[LINK] Libraries react to HarperCollins' restrictions

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Wed Mar 16 11:10:17 AEDT 2011


On 16/03/2011 9:46 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> ... publishers that do not provide ebooks to libraries under any terms. ...
Maybe that's the message: libraries might have to limit their purchases 
to physical books. Eventually, someone will inevitably create an eBook 
from one they've borrowed <http://www.diybookscanner.org/> and the 
publisher will get their just deserts.

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