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Tuesday, February 04, 2020
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A Roundup of the Latest Macmillan News
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The Macmillan controversy over its decision to implement an 8-week embargo on multiple copies of new ebook sales to libraries has generated no shortage of op-eds and other posts. This is a roundup of NewsBreaks' coverage from the past several months.
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Embargoing Libraries: A Losing Proposition for All
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by Alan Inouye
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In this Jan. 21 op-ed, Alan Inouye, ALA's senior director of public policy and government relations, calls for "substantive exploration and serious discussion" of the Macmillan embargo.
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Macmillan CEO Talks to Librarians at ALA Midwinter
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by Brandi Scardilli
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At the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Philadelphia on Jan. 25, Macmillan Publishers' CEO John Sargent hosted an hour-and-a-half session to continue his discussions with librarians about Macmillan's new ebook-lending embargo.
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Let's Make a Deal: Updates on Publisher OA Negotiations
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by Corilee Christou
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More and more academic institutions are refusing to pay the high cost of scholarly journals, attempting instead to negotiate better pricing and OA agreements with major publishers. Here are some recent OA deals in varying stages of negotiation.
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Last Seen in Sea Isle
by Jane Kelly (A Meg Daniels Mystery, #7)
Meg Daniels should know by now that wherever she goes, mystery follows. Her fiancé is taking classes at Stockton University and has befriended Grace Grant, a fellow later-in-life student. Under false pretenses, Grace asks Meg to visit her lavish beachfront house in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, on the same weekend she’s hosting a reunion of pals from the summer of 1969. Meg discovers that Grace is hoping she’ll track down Guy—last name unknown—who disappeared from Grace’s life on the day of the moon landing.
2026 | ISBN: 978-1-940091-16-7 | 226 pp/trade paperback | $16.95
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