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Libraries stand strong against publishing giant

Local librarian is part of statewide consortium boycotting Macmillan’s new e-book policy

Librarians across the country are miffed, and it’s not because patrons are dog-earring the books again.

This time librarians have turned their watchful eye to a certain publisher.

Macmillan Publishing, one of the five-largest publishers in the United States, has placed restrictions limiting the number of newly released titles that libraries are able to purchase. Essentially, for each newly release...

 
 
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