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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Oh yes, all this. The pricing models are absurd and gouging.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Katherine “Kate” Deibel, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Library Accessibility Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Twitter:
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GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/metageeky"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://github.com/metageeky</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Armstrong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 13, 2022 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Slightly OT: library licensing of ebooks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As more and more public and college libraries increase their digital offerings, it's a great boon for those of us with print disabilities. I find it very exciting that I can borrow so many digital books, and rent so many digital textbooks
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<p class="MsoNormal">But there's a dark side to all these ebooks as well; it costs libraries more to license them. I researched this over the weekend and was truly surprised over publishers’ greed!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To summarize: when libraries buy a printed book, it is theirs, and they can loan it until it falls apart. But digital books are often licensed for just two years. After that, the library has to purchase a new license. This means a book
you want to read now may not be available forever. If not well-funded, a library's collection is going to decrease. Quality too will decrease as the less popular books will of course have cheaper licenses. Archive.org says: "... The publishers are willing
to hollow out library collections for shareholder gain."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I leave you with a raft of blog posts and one podcast.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Publishers Are Changing E-Book Access for Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://cals.org">https://cals.org</a> › CALS Blogs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NPR Podcast: The Surprising Economics of Digital Lending<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118289764/the-surprising-economics-of-digital-lending">
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118289764/the-surprising-economics-of-digital-lending</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Digital Audiobooks in Public Libraries: A Current Assessment<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr21/Blackwell-Coan-Mason-Parker--Digital-Audiobooks-in-Public-Libraries-A-Current-Assessment.shtml">
https://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr21/Blackwell-Coan-Mason-Parker--Digital-Audiobooks-in-Public-Libraries-A-Current-Assessment.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Publishers Change Ebook and Audiobook Models; Libraries Look for Answers | Library Journal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/publishers-change-ebook-and-audiobook-models-libraries-look-for-answers">
https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/publishers-change-ebook-and-audiobook-models-libraries-look-for-answers</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Libraries lend books, and must continue to lend books: Internet Archive responds to publishers’ lawsuit - Internet Archive Blogs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/internet-archive-responds-to-publishers-lawsuit/">
https://blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/internet-archive-responds-to-publishers-lawsuit/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Archive Opposes Publishers in Federal Lawsuit - Internet Archive Blogs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2022/09/03/internet-archive-opposes-publishers-in-federal-lawsuit/">
https://blog.archive.org/2022/09/03/internet-archive-opposes-publishers-in-federal-lawsuit/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book Publishers Go To War With The Internet Archive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/753044/book-publishers-go-to-war-with-the-internet-archive/">
https://hyperallergic.com/753044/book-publishers-go-to-war-with-the-internet-archive/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Debee<o:p></o:p></p>
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