Why Aren't There More eBooks?

Not long ago we told you that usage of the Washington-Centerville Public Library's Digital Collection has been skyrocketing. If you use the collection you may have encountered some frustration when you don't find popular titles like the new Steve Jobs biography, Stephen King's latest book 11/22/63 or other books by popular authors.

Unfortunately, a library cannot pay Amazon or Barnes & Noble for an eBook and then lend it out to people. We can buy a printed book from these companies, place it on the shelf, and lend it out--but digital content is being treated differently by the publishers and the companies who manage digital content licensing.

We'd like to  offer these eBooks to patrons; however, some publishers' policies are preventing us from doing so.

The following companies currently will not sell or license eBooks to libraries. If you'd like to see libraries be able to purchase eBooks, consider contacting these companies and letting them know.

Macmillan Publishing
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-7521
customerservice@mpsvirginia.com

Hachette Book Group
466 Lexington Avenue #131
New York, NY 10017
(212) 364-1100
customer.service@hbgusa.com
 
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-7000
http://simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us

Penguin Group
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2000
ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com

Brilliance Audio
1704 Eaton Drive
Grand Haven, MI 49417
(616) 846-5256
libsales@brillianceaudio.com

Scholastic Books
90 Sherman Turnpike
Danbury, CT 06816-0001
(202) 797-3500
http://scholastic.custhelp.com/app/ask