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From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:13:18 +0000


http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/?p=8305  Peter Brantley
-- November 21st, 2011

In an unexpected development, Penguin USA has announced that it is
pulling new titles from library ebook vendors, such as Overdrive. In a
statement provided to Library Journal, a Penguin spokesperson said,
“[d]ue to new concerns about the security of our digital editions, we
find it necessary to delay the availability of our new titles in the
digital format while we resolve these concerns with our business
partners. ”

The pullback of Penguin from the library market means that four of the
“Big 6″ publishers no longer make their frontlist titles available to
libraries in digital form: Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette,
which was rumored to have been rethinking its library strategy, but to
date has not altered it. Another major publisher, HarperCollins, has
famously placed 26-loan limits on its frontlist titles, leaving only
Random House to support unfettered library lending.

See also Larua Hazard Owen at Paidcontent.org   Why Might A Publisher
Pull Its E-Books From Libraries?  "Publishers Lunch ...notes that,
since libraries had already bought the e-books from Penguin, it’s
surprising that Penguin is simply allowed to withdraw access to
them."http://m.paidcontent.org/article/419-why-might-a-publisher-pull-its-e-books-from-libraries/


See also Andrew Albanese at PW Citing "Security Concerns" Penguin
Pulls New Titles from OverDrive
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/49598-citing-security-concerns-penguin-pulls-new-titles-from-overdrive-.html

Chuck Hamaker