#briet — Public Fediverse posts

Maria Bustillos @maria & the Brick House team are the creative minds behind BRIET, a new exchange that invites publishers to sell eBooks to libraries, allowing libraries to own them, not just license them. Several indie publishers are already on board.

More via Publishers Weekly ⤵️
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/98310-library-startup-briet-wants-to-revolutionize-e-book-sales-not-licensing.html

@ftrain #Libraries #Ebooks #DigitalOwnership #LibraryAccess #OpenAccess #LibraryInnovation #MariaBustillos #Briet #IndiePublishing #BookRights #ReadersFirst #LibraryEquity #PublishingNews

Very promising. Watching with interest.
https://thebrick.house/briet/

"The right of #libraries to own their own collections is the bedrock of cultural #preservation. #Books that can’t be owned [but merely licensed] are books that can be tampered with, or even taken away. To demonstrate the right way for #publishers to work with, and not against, libraries, the independent publishers of Brick House sold our first ebook to a library in 2021; since then we’ve been at work developing #BRIET, so that fellow publishers could do the same…It’s free to use, for both publishers and libraries."

From Publishers Weekly: "Library Startup #Briet Wants to Revolutionize E-Book Sales, Not Licensing" https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/98310-library-startup-briet-wants-to-revolutionize-e-book-sales-not-licensing.html #libraries

@jredlund @SrRochardBunson
I’m not sure how #BRIET works yet at its early days but:

#Libraries would be able to buy my book outright, with no further rental fees ever

And I believe as author I get 100% of the proceeds, because the platform doesn’t operate for profit?

https://briet.app/

2/2 #bookstadon

@jredlund @SrRochardBunson
There’s a new platform being set up by #libraries as an alternative to #Amazon and the Overdrive #ebook app (which just got bought out by another vulture capitalist corporation)

#BRIET Looks interesting, I signed up so my #AccordionRevolution ebook should be available to librarians soon 🔜 📚

https://briet.app/

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#books #publishing

@maria @davidrussellmoore @unitof

#BRIET looks like a great project

I’ve been worried about the new owners of our library’s Overdrive and where that’s headed

For the fans of Briet, I draw your attention to the Antelope Document Management System. #librarians #archivists #briet

https://www.antelopeglobal.com/products