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March 3, 2011 04:24 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/yMX-eSVQ9IE/how-a-harpercollins.html
How a HarperCollins library book looks after 26 checkouts (pretty good!)
Shocked by the news that HarperCollins has told libraries that its ebooks will now self-destruct after 26 checkouts because that's how long a print book lasts, these librarians give us a tour of some of HarperCollins's books in their collection that have circulated much more than 26 times. They even have a copy of Coraline with a lifetime guarantee! The HarperCollins editions of my books are damned hardy items, I must say. I know whereof I speak -- I've done time repairing books at busy circulating libraries and I'm happy to report that the HC editions of my work are robust and fine examples of bookbindery. HarperCollins 26+ checkouts (Thanks, a librarian!) HarperCollins to libraries: we will nuke your ebooks after 26 ......
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