<div dir="auto">I say, finally, the ebook licensing and pricing terms are unsustainable and byzantine.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here is independent piece about the current issue, not to mention their requirement to constantly repurchase their ebooks at pretty high prices and other nasties.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://slate.com/business/2019/09/e-book-library-publisher-buying-controversy-petition.html">https://slate.com/business/2019/09/e-book-library-publisher-buying-controversy-petition.html</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do not want to invite trolls, but this, together with unaffordable education and health is sure to accelerate the general decline of of our civilization/culture, if left unchecked.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for the link.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-T</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2019, 00:38 Galen Seitz <<a href="mailto:galens@seitzassoc.com">galens@seitzassoc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In case you missed this:<br>
<<a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20191105/why-multnomah-county-library-will-stop-buying-e-books-macmillan-publishers" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://multcolib.org/blog/20191105/why-multnomah-county-library-will-stop-buying-e-books-macmillan-publishers</a>><br>
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Galen Seitz<br>
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