Agree re libraries, and will add that this is a devastating report in general. $10,000 a year average??
Also, I would argue anecdotally that classroom sales, traditionally a strong market for academic books, are way down in part b/c students are broke and downloading pirated books for free.
Renata Keller
The AG is wrong. Protect libraries as the public good that they are. Licensing to libraries is already onerous for the libraries. Libraries are no enemy here.
Chuck Wendig
You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...
