![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the library employee asks that upset library patrons make their feelings heard via email to not sure whether this windowing move also affects printed books one library near me has The Calculating Stars on order, and the other doesn’t list it at all. I’ve emailed Tor’s publicity contact asking for more information and will update if they respond. It isn’t clear how long this study will take place, who is conducting it, or who else is participating in it. They have decided that library sales may be negatively impacting their retail sales and are participating in a study that will attempt to determine the impacts of libraries on the book market and sales, especially regarding eBooks. We must wait at least 4 months after the publication date before their new titles will be released to Overdrive for us to purchase. TOR books no longer sells their front-list to libraries. User “pml” on Goodreads heard from a library employee that: ![]() The original poster on Goodreads suggests that the ebook of Mary Robinette’s Kowal’s The Calculating Stars had been listed on Overdrive, but was suddenly pulled from Overdrive circulation at all the libraries near them on the book’s publication date. The news has just come out through a post on Goodreads that I found via a Reddit thread: Overdrive purchase of frontlist ebook titles is now being delayed for four months from date of publication. Macmillan subsidiary SF/fantasy publisher Tor has started delaying sales of its new-release ebooks to library provider Overdrive. ![]()
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