Publishers and librarians are squaring off for a battle royal over the way electronic books and journals are lent out from libraries and over what constitutes fair use of written material. Her hair is silver. Her eyes are sparkly. She is a woman on a mission. Publishers have to figure out a way to charge for electronic material, Schroeder says.
Markets are limited.
They give it to other libraries. They'll give it to others. If everyone gets a free copy, she says, the publisher and the writer and others involved in making the book go unpaid. They have mortgages. This is the one time of the year when the predominantly New Yorkish world of publishing comes to Washington to talk about common concerns.