Publishers' limit of library purchases impacts eBook access
Four major publishers recently changed their eBook and eAudiobook purchasing policies for libraries. These rules will make it difficult and more costly for us to get our customers these eBooks and eAudiobooks as quickly as possible and keep our hold lists low.
The change that may impact customers comes from Macmillan Publishers, which is imposing a two-month embargo on library eBooks effective November 1, 2019. This means public libraries will be allowed to purchase only one eBook copy of each new Macmillan release during the first eight weeks of publication. We expect that this will greatly increase the hold time for these new releases.
Some Macmillan authors affected by the embargo:
- Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb
- Louise Penny
- C. J. Box
- Mary Kay Andrews
- Jeffrey Archer
- Katherine Center
- Nevada Barr
- Bill O’Reilly
We apologize that our service will be impacted by these new rules, and will continue to do our best to provide the resources that are important to you.