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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
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The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/us-library-system-attack-digital-licensing
#USLibrarySystem #DigitalLicensing #LibraryCuts #LibraryFunding #ReadingCulture #LibraryAccess #Politics #News