Not exact matches
(If you want to do the more traditional stuff,
libraries and bookstores, you're competing
against traditional
publishers with much bigger budgets and better connections.
The Department of Justice lawsuit
against Apple and several
publishers was going to end the publishing industry, and apparently so will allowing
libraries to lend ebooks.
The entire
library system is finding that many big name
publishers are steadfastly
against the notion of customers getting digital content for free because they feel it devalues the books.
Libraries simply do not have enough leverage
against major
publishers and retailers to improve this situation in the private sector.
What
publishers didn't think about when they took their stance
against library lending of e-books is that librarians will and do explain to their patrons why that e-book they want to borrow isn't on the shelf.
Several
library systems have pushed back
against publishers who limit their content, refusing to buy from them and speaking out about how such restrictions upend more than 200 years of collaboration between
publishers and
libraries to make information available to the public.
Access to Justice in Australia Another Thomson / West acquisition — this time a Brazilian
publisher was acquired Harvard Law
Library joins the Chesapeake Project The Guardian picks up on Rob Martin's hyperbolic rant
against Canadian Legal Education An English law firm outsources all of its non-billable activities, including its law
library, IT and knowledge management.