Canadian Libraries Protest Random House After Price Increase
A group of public libraries in Nova Scotia, Canada is no longer buying eBooks from Random House because of price increases from the publisher. Chief librarian Troy Myers said that the group would not buy eBooks from the publisher until they lowered their prices.
The South Shore Public Library explains the price increase in a press release: “… a copy of Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie was $30 for libraries in January 2012, $130 on March 1 and $85 on March 20.
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