“More than 90% of the public library digital market is controlled by one private equity leveraged company that bypasses the library through their app, which makes digital readers think the rental app is their library. In the worst case scenario, this decision gives publishers carte blanche to continue to force libraries into unconscionable monopoly contracts and lock them into their closed surveillance apps.”

https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/were-still-fighting-for-fair-use

#tech #reading #books #library

Library Futures | Hachette v. Internet Archive: We're Still Fighting for Fair Use

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The Indy #library has given over control of audiobooks to Libby (Overdrive) completely.

For cost and space reasons they no longer acquire audiobooks on physical media and have no control, whatsoever, on which books Libby makes available. No means at all to request a missing book.

This is a huge mistake, I think.

I don't think this is isolated to Indy either.

#Indy #Indianapolis

Yesterday I started receiving targeted ads based on ebook borrows from my library (San Francisco Public Library). The content of those ads suggested that the targeters were aware of which books I chose to read.

#Privacy #library
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Just a pleasant idea.

#dog #dogs #library #sticks