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The E-Book Wars

Planet Money

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Libraries and Publishers Have Found a New Balance

In the mid 2010s, Michael watches as something changes. Publishers push the price of their e-book licenses way up. In 2019, there is a change that librarians called an embargo. Libraries have always been able to decide what books they want to buy. And now McMillan is saying, we decide what books you can access and when.

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