ALA, Authors Guild, 3M Weigh In on Penguin-OverDrive Dispute
Can you really believe those in the Big Six of book publishing are thinking like this in the year 2012?
Some publishers like the idea of in-library lending of ebooks as a way to recreate the “friction” of a print transaction: The patron has to physically go to the library.
Boldfaced emphasis added by me.
Where those patrons will find the same outrageous Waiting List that they could have from the comfort of their own home!
WTF!!
So, I was thinking, if they want you to visit the library, do so!
And build a book scanner!
Scan the damn print book. Make your own eBook.
Never again have to check it out ever again. And it’s DRM-free!
Hey, the library paid for the print book. Where’s the theft? Especially if you never pass it on to someone else.
I suggest, that if you do this, you concentrate on books published by Penguin first.
I’m going to call my scanner “The Penguin” in honor of them giving me this idea.
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I have everything I need to make that scanner, too…
I’m confused. Couldn’t the publishers just get the libraries to pay $25 for a digital copy instead of hardcover, that can only be read by one of 10 different e-readers? I mean come on, if you want FRICTION…?
The entire situation will cause your brain to bleed because none of it makes any sense in the year 2012. Apologists will bring up “contracts” without acknowledging that publishers should have done due diligence and should have foreseen what would happen.
I told *everyone* exactly how Amazon library lending would work months before it happened, right here:
May 2011: https://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/kindle-books-and-public-library-lending/
It finally began in September: https://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/kindle-ebooks-now-available-at-public-libraries/
You have to remember that many of these people are fundamentally cretins!
When it comes to facing and embracing the future, they are like American oil companies. And just as bad.
Stealing is stealing. If you borrow a library book you don’t get to keep it forever. If you ever depended on copyright for a living you might understand. And if not…then I’m sure you don’t mind if I “borrow” your car….forever.
Just leave the keys on the hood. I’ll pick it up some time this evening.
:)
>>>If you ever depended on copyright for a living you might understand.
And what makes you think I don’t?
>>>then I’m sure you don’t mind if I “borrow” your car….forever.
And go educate yourself on the difference between theft and infringement first.