My understanding (from an admittedly limited pool of sources, e.g. the people I know who work in Libraries) is that the Libraries are just stuck in the middle, and want to create better eBook solutions for their patrons, but are getting hamstrung by the Publishers' restrictions.
I've heard a couple of nearly identical accounts of frustrating meetings where the Library puts together a program that meets their patrons' desires for eBook service as well as could be expected, only to find that it violates some requirement from a Publisher, and they're forced to implement something half-assed instead.
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Date: 2012-01-25 12:46 am (UTC)I've heard a couple of nearly identical accounts of frustrating meetings where the Library puts together a program that meets their patrons' desires for eBook service as well as could be expected, only to find that it violates some requirement from a Publisher, and they're forced to implement something half-assed instead.