Publishers Fight OverDrive On Library eBook Distribution

Last month OverDrive launched the ability to check out library books with your phone, which is available on various devices including the iPhone/iPad, BlackBerry and Android-based devices. But some publishers are not happy about this easy access.

Library Journal reports: “HarperCollins has announced that new titles licensed from library ebook vendors will be able to circulate only 26 times before the license expires.”

OverDrive’s Steve Potash, sent out an e-mail this week defining some of the new eBook DRM terms on its library eBooks.

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