The War Heats Up

According to publishers, there is "friction" involved in borrowing a printed book from a library. What with the publishers refusing to sell e-books to public libraries, the cost of printed books, the difficulty of downloading books from your library, the emergence of self-publishing, and A...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Library Administrator's Digest 2012-03, Vol.47 (3), p.7
Main Author: Robinson, Charles W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computers
E-books
Libraries
Public Libraries
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:According to publishers, there is "friction" involved in borrowing a printed book from a library. What with the publishers refusing to sell e-books to public libraries, the cost of printed books, the difficulty of downloading books from your library, the emergence of self-publishing, and Amazon's march into the publishing business, I'm totally confused as to where this is all going.
ISSN:0746-6129