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Libraries are being attacked!
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Macmillan publishers has announced that they will only allow libraries to purchase 1 ebook for 8 full weeks from the release date instead of being able to buy to meet the demand of the readers.

Sorry Ander if this is a weird one, but it has been posted on a lot of weird places across the web but I wanted to throw it on here as well. Anyone in North America can sign a petition on behalf of our libraries demanding that they stop this backwards behaviour. It penalizes budding authors, people with disabilities, and low-income families by restricting access to books. This post actually really belongs on r/aboringdystopia...and that's just sad.

https://ebooksforall.org/ is where you can sign the petition. So far they have over 30,000 signatures ...! If you dont live in north America it is unfortunately still very likely to affect you as Macmillan is a huge international house that is used for ebooks for libraries around the world. There are probably petitions for other countries as well.

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