In a potentially significant development, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo (D-California) this week presented a wide-ranging set of questions to the Big Five publishers regarding their practices in the library e-book market.
In their letter to the publishers the lawmakers reference "the exorbitant costs and burdensome restrictions" that they contend "are draining resources from many local libraries," and "forcing [libraries] to make difficult choices to try and provide a consistent level of service" to their communities.
In their letter to the publishers the lawmakers reference "the exorbitant costs and burdensome restrictions" that they contend "are draining resources from many local libraries," and "forcing [libraries] to make difficult choices to try and provide a consistent level of service" to their communities.