☝🏽 Listening to this on my run, I can't tell how much was tweaked, but it's still overly reliant on opinionated interviews without any fact-checking. It presents naive overviews of the music industry, ebook production and distribution, and how public libraries actually work, while frequently conflating the Internet Archive and traditional public libraries.

Bizarrely, it even manages to create several moments of sympathy for publishers?!? 😐

#libraries #EbooksForAll #cmonson

@maria *no* major U.S. book publisher sells ebook perpetual licenses to libraries. The big publishers bought up most of the small imprints. An author could not make such a contractual demand unless they go with an indie publisher. What we need is robust #Antitrust legislation, rigorously enforced to stop #monopolies from existing, colluding, and snapping up all smaller competitors. #libraries #ebooksforall #ebooksforall

More from Alabanese:

"IA does not reproduce the Works in Suit to provide criticism, commentary, or information about them. IA’s e-books do not 'add something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the with new expression, meaning or message.' IA simply scans the Works in Suit to become e-books and lends them to users of its website for free." Hon. John G. Koeltl

#libraries #publishing #EbooksForAll #DigitalRightsForLibraries

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/91862-in-a-swift-decision-judge-eviscerates-internet-archive-s-scanning-and-lending-program.html

"If Judge John G. Koeltl’s questions are any indication, the Internet Archive is facing an uphill battle."

Albanese is one of a few industry journalists I trust to understand the nuances of thorny issues they write about, and his coverage of yesterday's events suggest things did not go well for the Internet Archive.

Hubris is a bitch, and as always, the collateral damage could be extensive. 😠

#libraries #publishing #EbooksForAll #DigitalRightsForLibraries

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/91798-at-hearing-judge-appears-skeptical-of-internet-archive-s-scanning-and-lending-program.html

I hate everything about this stupid lawsuit. 🤬

The IA grossly (and I believe purposefully) overreached with its ill-conceived "National Emergency Library," and publishers took the bait and went all-in on a lawsuit, looking to kill CDL outright.

Now, real libraries are caught in the middle when all they want are fair, reasonable terms to acquire and lend the ebooks their patrons want to read.

#libraries #publishing #EbooksForAll #DigitalRightsForLibraries

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/20/23641457/internet-archive-hachette-lawsuit-court-copyright-fair-use

In the midst of the various challenges libraries are facing these days, they need more support from everyone who claims to believe in their societal value and fundamental mission of providing free, equal, and equitable access to information in all its forms.

Publishers, it seems, believe it's a better idea to kick them while they're down. 🤬

#libraries #publishing #EbooksForAll #DigitalRightsForLibraries

https://loudpoet.com/2023/03/20/maybe-publishers-should-love-libraries-a-little-less/

It's amazing how publishers who routinely claim "We love libraries!" every summer at the conference they hope will replace BEA, find it so much easier to fight them in court — on multiple fronts — rather than figuring out how to come to the table and negotiate in good faith with such a critical partner.

And now it looks like they're pulling other media in, too? WYD?!?

#libraries #publishing #bookstodon #EbooksForAll #DigitalRightsForLibraries #cmonson

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/91756-coalition-forms-to-battle-library-e-book-bills.html

It's amazing how publishers who routinely claim "We love libraries!" every summer at the conference they hope will replace BEA, find it so much easier to fight them in court — on multiple fronts — rather than figuring out how to come to the table and negotiate in good faith with such a critical partner.

And now it looks like they're pulling other media in, too? WYD?!?

#libraries #publishing #bookstodon #EbooksForAll #DigitalRigntsForLibraries #cmonson

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/91756-coalition-forms-to-battle-library-e-book-bills.html

It's amazing how publishers who routinely claim "We love libraries!" at the conference they hope will replace BEA, find it so much easier to fight them in court — on multiple fronts — rather than figuring out how to come to table and negotiate in good faith with such a critical partner.

And now it looks like they're pulling other media in, too? WYD?!?

#libraries #publishing #bookstodon #EbooksForAll #DigitalRigntsForLibraries #cmonson

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/91756-coalition-forms-to-battle-library-e-book-bills.html

@Rikibeth @barnesjo @bookstodon for example, the cost for a library to buy Fairy Tale by Stephen King through Overdrive (audio) for Libby is $130 for 24 months and only one user can download it at a time. The ebook is $68 for 24 months. #library #ebooks #ebooksforall

@Rikibeth @barnesjo @bookstodon the #libbyapp is a brilliant platform if only the publishers were not determined to soak public libraries for every penny they can get. You would not believe how much they (and Overdrive) charge. It’s crazy. #ebooksforall #librariansofmastodon

"Sign on now to demand that the largest publishing lobby in the US reverse course and stand up for libraries in 2023!" @team

Publishers should be collaborating with libraries to address concerns about ebook lending rather than letting the AAP treat them like pirates.

While I don't think they can be shamed into doing better, maybe with enough pressure, publishers themselves will listen to authors and readers who value libraries?

#libraries #ebooksforall

@libraries

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/2023books/

Macmillan wants to limit readers’ access to new eBook titles through libraries. Tell Macmillan USA that their embargo is unacceptable & access to eBooks should not be delayed or denied. Sign the petition today at https://t.co/Cr6ug8WN6j #eBooksForAll

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#projetinception #eBooksForAll #eBooks

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#instabook #projetinception #beta #ebook #eBooksForAll #ebooks

RT @fourmeux@twitter.com

Dans leur lutte contre les restrictions imposées par les éditeurs pour l'accès aux livres numériques, des #bibliothèques US ont décidé de boycotter des éditeurs ! Quand est-ce qu'on aura ce courage politique en France ? #eBooksForAll #PNB https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/11/03/libraries-are-boycotting-macmillan-ebooks/ #ebooks

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fourmeux/status/1191641124269707264

RT @TessaDare@twitter.com

Macmillan’s *official position* is that libraries have made reading too easy, too accessible—so Macmillan is forced to erect barriers like this embargo to make it artificially harder. #eBooksForAll http://ebooksforall.org https://twitter.com/libraryjournal/status/1189523781825552384

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TessaDare/status/1189607259459842048

RT @LibraryJournal@twitter.com: Over 100,000 Readers Nationwide Join #ebooksforall Campaign Against Planned Embargo http://ow.ly/yzD930pIwgZ #ebooks #libraries #Holtzbrinck

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