Macmillan is broadening their ebook library lending program to include frontlist ebooks for the first time. Last October they went from a modest pilot program to a full backlist offer of approximately 11,000 titles. With the expansion announced Wednesday, Macmillan will offer ebooks for lending the same day new books go on sale, and their full collection of available titles grows to approximately 15,000 books. Frontlist titles will be available to order in early August. Newly-published titles are priced for libraries at $60 each, dropping to a standard $40 each 12 months after publication, vendors tell us. The frontlist titles will […]
