[TrudyM]

I worked for three months at Amazon (I temp now that Macys closed all it's regional buying offices). A ton of the people there had the Kindle of course and used it to read on the bus, even though proof copies of books (no covers) were available to employees for free. I was told that not all books will be available and that they are hitting some roadblocks obtaining some titles and that some publishing houses are putting a ebook Library block on some of the titles they own. They are afraid that the libraries in large cities and also that of universities that alow their alumni access will in effect mean that they end up giving away the book and will be in breach of contract with some of their authors not to mention lost revenue. Libraries don't make a dent in their business for new releases as people have to wait for a title to become available at their local library. ebooks however can be downloaded from anywhere. The concensus is that access to new titles will be blocked or restricted for Libraries and Universities for the foreseeable future. You will find however more and more available for purchase. Some older titles have disputes as to who owns the rights, ebooks not being addressed in the publishers original contracts with the authors. However that said all book may become available in this format from Russia as they do not recognize copyright law and publish copies of everybodies books without paying any royalties.

Don't know if this is correct it was a lunch room conversation with an ebook buyer.

Trudy