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Currently, public libraries are
struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six
publishers are not yet fully on board with allowing libraries to include their titles in
ebook lending programs.
eBook lending has been a
struggle for the industry, with different
publishers experimenting with different lending parameters and limitations in an effort to protect the interests of their companies and their authors.
Publishers have imposed boycotts on ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending catalogs, all of which have all left libraries at odds with the publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for thei
Publishers have imposed boycotts on
ebook lending, issued impossible pricing strategies for digital content, and even removed titles from the lending catalogs, all of which have all left libraries at odds with the
publishers as they struggle to provide quality reading content for thei
publishers as they
struggle to provide quality reading content for their patrons.
King, along with nearly 900 other authors, signed a letter in support of
publisher Hachette, who is in a revenue - negotiation
struggle with the online retail giant about
ebook profits.
As US
publishers and libraries still
struggle to create a mutually beneficial yet fluid
ebook lending model, Swedish company Atingo thinks they have the solution, one that has worked in several thousands public and school libraries in both Sweden and the UK.
While this figure is up 11 % from an earlier 2010 survey, Aptara shows the majority of
publishers are «
struggling to maximize profits» from the
eBook market.
Smaller
eBook publishers and independent authors
struggle to afford the cost of DRM.
While the production of static
ebooks has become relatively standardized (using EPUB2),
publishers are still
struggling with how to produce more digital - native products without tremendous expense and constant re-tooling.
Publishers are already
struggling to grow their
ebook revenue fast enough to make up for their ongoing print revenue decline.
Some books will not be available, as
publishers are still
struggling to find the best way to allow readers to borrow
ebooks.
«
Publishers are
struggling with two things, first, the rapid emergence of the
eBook and, second, the related impact on books prices in a distribution world where Amazon owns the biggest chunk of the pie and is willing to drop
eBook prices below the cost of publishing to entice more of their customers to buy refrigerators and other products, which is where they make their profits.
«
Publishers are looking at a perfect storm of a
struggling high - street sector leading to a lack of visibility for their titles on shelves, and flagging
ebook sales,» said the Bookseller's editor Philip Jones.
It is also too easy to fall into viewing the evolution in
eBook and print sales solely through the prism of Amazon and its often public power
struggle with
publishers, and to be drawn too deeply into seeing the future of publishing as one format versus another.
Smashwords, an
ebook publisher and distributor, has also
struggled with spam, but not to the same degree as Amazon's Kindle, according to Founder Mark Coker.