Penguin Group Terminating Its Contract with OverDrive — The Digital Shift

I’m sorry, no. This is not a good idea, nor is the fact that Penguin is trying to claim piracy worries (due to the fact that library users have to download the content at home) is their big reason for pulling out. Ha, no. The lies may work with the ALA, but they’re not going to cut it in the real world. It’s all about money, just like the RIAA, etc. More access, not less access, is the solution. 

I wish, as someone who orders books for the two libraries I work at, I could just stop ordering books from Penguin (and Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette, etc), but I can’t. Eff you, publishers. It’s clear you don’t want to embrace the digital content revolution anymore than Hollywood or the RIAA. I hope it bites you in the ass. 

/bitter

Well, this is lame. I’ve done more library lending via Kindle than anything else, because it is so easy. (Not that going to the library is hard, but auto-delivery is great.) If you don’t want me to read your books, I guess I won’t, but how does that help you?

(via callmecayce)