Shut up, HarperCollins
Kate talks about libraries, e-books, and HarperCollins Publishers. Here’s an article about the situation written by the Sarah Wendell whom I mention in the video. The comments are good too. dft.ba (NB: Sarah Wendell is the cofounder of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, which is a book blog that is centered on romance novels. Don’t get judgy; the community at SBTB breaks the stereotypes about what losers romance readers are in the same way that Nerdfighteria breaks the stereotypes about what losers nerds are.) (ETA: Something weird happened with my dft.ba link, so I’ve TinyURLed it until I can figure that out. I AM LOYAL I SWEAR.) (ETA [2]: The dft.ba link is back, apparently with the weirdness fixed. If you go to the wrong URL when you click it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, so I can update Sam Rudge.)
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I work at my local public library. If your six month old has a library card – and it would be his/her own individual account, by law – you cannot access patron info on your baby’s card unless you have his or her physical card with you. Harper Collins wants to make money and sees big potential losses in their e-book market if they don’t make this policy. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out b/c the zeitgeist is definitely towards democratic communication, not feudal publisher houses.
Oh my god, you guys, I completely forgot to mention the other giant WTF! (Actually, I filmed it, but apparently I didn’t get it in the video. I was having massive problems with my camera today, so editing got kind of hectic.)
HarperCollins wants access to patron data! It’s talked about in the article I linked in the dooblydoo (and in the comments there, with varying degrees of fury). Yeah, good luck with that, HarperCollins. Librarians do not give up their patron data for anybody.
@mistressredbird I know! I think if they’d suggested a REASONABLE cap instead of a completely batshit crazy one, people would’ve been okay with it. Which is one of the reasons why now everyone’s like, “OH, HARPER COLLINS, YOU ARE SO SUBTLE!”
I like pantsers. It’s better than ‘hey guys.’ And this does seem rather ridiculous. I like the idea that libraries are embracing technology and adapting in order to survive in this changing world, and it sucks that these companies aren’t supportive of that.
Gah, I hadn’t heard about this, but it’s horrible! A cap at 500 or something might make sense, but what they’re proposing is absurd! I don’t know what I would have done as a teenager without my library! I worked there a lot in late hs, but in early hs I would just bike there to get away from my house when I needed peace and quiet. Librarys are so important to communities. Don’t hurt them, horrible publishers!
not impressed.
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