You May Have To Wait To Borrow A New E-Book From The Library
Macmillan Publishers Ltd. will begin restricting sales of new e-books to libraries to one per library system for the first eight weeks after publication. Libraries are fighting back.
by Lynn Neary
Nov 01, 2019
2 minutes
Libraries across the U.S. are furious with one of the country's big five publishing houses. As of Friday, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. is drastically restricting the sales of its e-books to libraries.
For the first eight weeks after an e-book goes on the market, a library system can buy only one copy. So if you are used for example, you may have a long wait when it comes out in March 2020.
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