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In July of last year, John Sargent of Macmillan dropped a bombshell on libraries with this memo to authors, illustrators, and agents. Concerned that library ebook lending was harming commercial ebook sales, he announced that, going forward, each library system would be able to purchase one single copy of any new-release Macmillan ebook and audiobook for the first eight weeks of its publication, to be split among users of all its branches. (On the bright side, that single book would be made available at half of the usual price for library ebooks or audiobooks, since librarians had been asking for lower prices. Gosh, that was nice of him!) Print sales would be unaffected.

Meanwhile, libraries continue with their move to discontinue purchasing ebooks from Macmillan altogether. King County (Wash.) Library System Executive Director Lisa Rosenblum said her system is the largest lender of ebooks in the country and spends nearly half a million dollars annually on Macmillan ebooks.

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In addition to the advocacy efforts, library administrators at King County and elsewhere have been providing information to patrons to explain their decision to discontinue buying ebooks from Macmillan.

Benetech launched the Global Certified Accessible program in 2017. The program evaluates whether ebooks are accessible to people with reading barriers such as blindness, low vision, dyslexia or physical disability.

Publishers can certify individual ebooks as accessible under the program, but Macmillan Learning is the first publisher to have its ebook production process certified. Benetech will be randomly sampling books produced through this process each year to ensure its accessibility standards continue to be met. A news release said that all copyright 2019 Macmillan Learning titles would be certified.

The American Library Association (ALA) denounces the new library ebook lending model announced today by Macmillan Publishers. Under the new model, a library may purchase one copy upon release of a new title in ebook format, after which the publisher will impose an eight-week embargo on additional copies of that title sold to libraries.

Macmillan will decrease its price to $30 for the single initial copy of an ebook. Unlike other Big 5 publishers, this copy of Macmillan titles come with perpetual access. After the embargo period, additional copies will be available for $60 per copy for two years of access.

I want Macmillan to stop their embargo, or at least offer better terms to libraries. What can I do?

You can let Macmillan know how you feel by signing the #e-booksForAll petition at www.e-booksforall.org, by emailing Macmillan directly at press.inquiries@macmillan.com, signing the petition at eBooksforAll.org, or by using the #eBooksForAll hashtag to spread the word on social media and lead other readers to the petition.

To support the library and school communities during the global COVID-19 crisis, Penguin Random House (PRH) is offering additional purchasing options on PRH-published ebook and audiobook titles. These pricing updates are now reflected in OverDrive Marketplace and will be available through mid-June 2020.

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