OverDrive ceo Steve Potash has submitted extensive testimony in response to a proposed bill that would loosen restrictions on digital book lending in Washington, D.C. The “Library E-book Pricing Fairness Amendment Act of 2025,” proposed by some district council members, aims to prohibit libraries from paying more to license an item than the public would and avoid limiting the number of licenses and loans the library can engage in. Because many publishers will simply decline to license ebooks at all under such conditions, this bill would only go into effect if “10 other jurisdictions with a combined population of at […]
