{"id":2650,"date":"2024-04-05T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:01:45","slug":"support-fair-ebook-pricing-for-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/support-fair-ebook-pricing-for-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Fair eBook Pricing for Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4-2x1.png 2w, https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair-eBook-Pricing4.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ebooks are on the path to becoming prohibitively expensive for libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Most major publishers charge libraries as much as 9 times more than private consumers for ebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Most major publishers license ebooks to libraries that expire after 1 or 2\ufeff years, or a fixed number of checkouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Some publishers do not allow libraries to purchase licenses to some or all of their digital works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What <a><\/a>you can do to help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact your state representative and tell them to support H 7508<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact your state senator and tell them to support S 2514<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/rilibraries.org\/fair-prices?fbclid=IwAR0NiT4OGLTPgUZG6tWbmO-qAESsW8H7vmxa583hEYfa4ttIp03bJv6pej8_aem_AcU7MRsJq9O5dBxVk9uIrm3stPEi_ruL2GK9IpTc8QKpDKV91v_ldkn3lN5q5GggGj3n_M9LuByitt6CjrBDSVSV\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rilibraries.org\/fair-prices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebooks are on the path to becoming prohibitively expensive for libraries. &#8211; 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