Librarians Launch National Campaign to Oppose Macmillan's Library E-book Embargo - Publishers Weekly

Today as Panzer was sweeping the mats in the Panzermobile, he found a wadded up post under the passenger seat. Spreading it flat, our fastidious kitty boy discovered it was from the Publishers Weekly site about publisher Macmillan's library embargo.

According to Andrew Albanese's post, the American Library Association (ALA) has started a campaign to convince publisher Macmillan to lift the ebook embago against libraries. Part of the campaign is an online petition for library supporters to sign. Panzer told you a few days ago about Macmillan's new policy not to allow libraries to buy copies of the publisher's new ebooks until two months after publication. There are several links included in the post, including one to the petition and one to the ALA's new book club.

It's simple.  Macmillan is a bully.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This kitty wonders, if library patrons don't buy any of Macmillan's books until after the embargo is over, maybe the publisher would end it sooner."

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a large size travel mug of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post bring a thermos of tea and half a dozen muffins. If you plan to read Panzer's previous post and follow the links in it, bring an extra gallon of tea and six muffins and six chocolate chip cookies.

To read the post tootle over to Macmillan's library ebook embargo

To read Panzer's earlier post tootle over to Macmillan