On May 26, the same day during BookExpo America (BEA) that a representative of Google explained that the new cloud-based Google Editions ebook marketplace makes no provisions for libraries as customers, librarians in California and Florida sent an open letter to ebook creators and sellers asking them to ensure that a library model be established. For example, they noted, libraries spend $2 billion a year on books and can help develop readers as customers.
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