Never piss off a librarian. Making it easier and less costly for libraries to lend out ebooks seemed obviously good—but it's impact on physical books isn't exactly good either.
Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger also sees the ruling as a victory for writers. And she, too, stresses the importance of ebook licensing as a source of income. I asked Rasenberger whether more people borrowing library books online would really make a substantial dent in how much writers take home. She says it would: “It's just extraordinary, with the rise of library ebook lending, how much income to the publishers and the authors has declined.
Ziskina thinks it’s a mistake to see this as a dustup between libraries and writers. Instead, she wants to reframe it as an opportunity to examine how publishers treat writers. “Publishers are making record profits,” she says; she thinks underpaid writers might want to ask their publishers for more money instead of grumbling about libraries stealing sales.
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