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2PaulFoley
Feb 27, 2011, 7:41 am

I suspect the thread title should be "not looking good for HarperCollins".

3SimonW11
Feb 27, 2011, 11:08 am

Harper Collins does seem incapable of devising a coherent Ebook policy.

4Megi53
Feb 27, 2011, 2:54 pm

Carey's wrong about one thing: library-bound books checked out to my careless crowd of middle-schoolers don't make it much past 16 circulations.

5Nicole_VanK
Edited: Feb 27, 2011, 3:40 pm

> 2: Either that, or "not looking for good libraries". F**k that publisher, if that's the way they want to go.

6andyl
Feb 27, 2011, 3:41 pm

#4

I think that is probably more a reflection of your middle-schoolers. I've seen many library books with a full page of stamps and extra pages added. Of course now with card checkout it is hard to tell just how many checkouts a book has at.

7SimonW11
Feb 27, 2011, 5:19 pm

nods manypages of stamps on occasion. Stuff like Orwell remains on shelves and in the reserve for decades,