From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:31:38 -0600

My question is, why would any library want to spend $40,000 on
self-published books, whose quality is completely unvalidated by any
kind of review process? Wouldn't that money spent on 1,600 high
quality books be a better purchase for a public library?
Self-published books from Smashwords are so cheap that patrons should
have no difficulty purchasing their own copies. What kind of service
does this public library think that it is providing to its patrons
with this purchase? It does not appear to be providing any content
quality assurance of its own.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:22:10 -0500
>
> Of possible interest, Peter Brantley's blog posting about a public
> library's of purchase 10,000 books with a simple statement of
> understanding:
>
> http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/01/06/digital-lending-in-agreement/
>
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