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    You May Have To Wait To Borrow A New E-Book From The Library

    Macmillan Publishers Ltd. will begin restricting sales of new e-books to libraries to one per library system for the first eight weeks after publication. Libraries are fighting back.
    by Lynn Neary Nov 01, 2019 2 minutes
    As of Friday, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/">Macmillan Publishers Ltd.</a> is drastically restricting the sales of eBooks to libraries.

    Libraries across the U.S. are furious with one of the country's big five publishing houses. As of Friday, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. is drastically restricting the sales of its e-books to libraries.

    For the first eight weeks after an e-book goes on the market, a library system can buy only one copy. So if you are used for example, you may have a long wait when it comes out in March 2020.

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