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Is Amazon To Blame For Changes To E-Book Library Lending?
Tom Mercer, Bibliotheca’s senior vice president of digital products, thinks so. The new changes that publishers have begun to implement–restricting libraries purchasing/lending of e-books–is at least in part, according to Mercer, due to Amazon sharing its users’ book purchases and e-book library reading data with publishers. Basically, he thinks Amazon has been convincing publishers that all that library reading is what causes less book sales. You can read all the details here while I go check out some more e-books from my library.
More Miss Peregrine!
Did you know a fifth book in the Miss Peregrine series is coming? The Conference of the Birds will publish January 14th and the author, Ransom Riggs, had this, “The peculiars are in serious trouble,” and more to say about the release here. And if you’ve yet to read this imaginative series, four months should be enough time to marathon it in anticipation of the next book!
Renamed Award
During the 2019 Hugo Awards ceremony Jeannette Ng called out the John W. Campbell Award For Best New Writer’s namesake for his racist and fascist beliefs. The award’s sponsor has announced that, starting next year, the award will have a different name: Astounding Award for Best New Writer.