In this post I will break down this complex issue and all of the different moving parts that are creating it and then I will address what we should do.įirst here is some background for those of you who are not up to speed. This is not an all or nothing type situation and it needs us to think about how we respond in a way that doesn’t hurt our readers and the authors but still shows our displeasure. Outrage and boycotting are all of our first instincts, including mine, but I am torn on how to act.

Obviously library workers are mad, very mad.

None of these books was written with awareness of the others, and yet all three stories communicate with each other in fascinating ways.Tor Books, the largest publisher of speculative fiction in America is not selling as many eBooks as it thinks it should, so they are seeing if libraries are the problem?!? The basics here- no new books in “e” format can go to libraries until at least 4 months after their initial release. Written across a span of ten years, all three of these titles imagine a future for humanity that is deeply interwoven with mechanical lifeforms, disembodied intelligences, and people who embody multiple states of being. The only weird thing about this month’s freebies is they’re all apart of the same ebook file, so there’s only one file to download, and you have to manually navigate the book to get to each different ebook. Tor’s monthly giveaways are available in both ePub and MOBI formats, and they are DRM-free so you can read them on whatever device or app that you choose (on a side note, you can now email ePubs to Kindles so MOBI files are no longer really necessary).

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