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March 3, 2012 05:52 am GMT
Random House, the world's largest publisher of the kinds of books you and I read, has made some adjustments to the way it sells e-books to libraries. Notably, they have tripled the price of many titles. Librarians across the country are expressing their discontent.The changes were telegraphed by an announcement a month ago that suggested prices would be going up soon, and most expected significant increases — but across the board popular genres and titles have gone up as much as 300%. Nothing is offered below $25, and some common titles are going for above $100.As Kathy Petlewski, a librarian in Plymouth, puts it: "The first thing that popped into my mind was that Random House must really hate libraries."
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Necessary Evil? Random House Triples Prices Of Library E-Books
Random House, the world's largest publisher of the kinds of books you and I read, has made some adjustments to the way it sells e-books to libraries. Notably, they have tripled the price of many titles. Librarians across the country are expressing their discontent.The changes were telegraphed by an announcement a month ago that suggested prices would be going up soon, and most expected significant increases — but across the board popular genres and titles have gone up as much as 300%. Nothing is offered below $25, and some common titles are going for above $100.As Kathy Petlewski, a librarian in Plymouth, puts it: "The first thing that popped into my mind was that Random House must really hate libraries."Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HqNyPjO7EgE/
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