Macmillan Abandons Library E-book Embargo - Publishers Weekly

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere he heard clapping and cheering coming from outside the Panzermobile. Following all the jocularity took our inquisitive kitty boy to the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about publisher Macmillan's library embargo. Panzer has been telling you about the embargo since it started.

What changed his mind?

According to Andrew Albanese's post, publisher Macmillan CEO John Sargent has announced the termination of the ebook embargo leveled against libraries on November 1, 2019. Under the embargo a library was only allowed to buy one copy of a Macmillan ebook for the first two months after the ebook's release. The policy was instituted because Macmillan believed library patrons were adversely affecting ebook sales. With the termination of the embargo libraries will now be able to purchase enough ebooks to fulfill library patrons requests. The post has several links to past information about the embargo and librarians efforts to stop it.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Interesting. ... He does it when all the libraries are closed because of Corvid-19."

Note: This is a long post. Bring two cups of tea and six muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Macmillan and the library embargo
 To read Panzer's last post about the embargo tootle over to Macmillan embargo