The world's authors and publishers have come together to protest the unauthorized scanning and release of their books through a website claiming to be a library. For the record... it's not a library. Libraries respect the rights of authors.
I talk with one author who found her work online, just as she was getting ready to make her own e-book version for sale.
See the related press release from The Writers' Union of Canada here:
www.writersunion.ca/news/creators-a…on-open-library
See the appeal from a coalition of creator and publisher groups here:
nwu.org/book-division/cdl/appeal/
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