It’s one of the most meticulously covered stories of the moment, except for one its more particularly disturbing implications: Amazon‘s announcement that it has “licensed the right to lend digital versions of all seven volumes in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series in the U.S.” — meaning that people who have ponied up $79 to join the Amazon Prime cult — is a huge step forward in the privitization of the American public library system.
Dennis Johnson at Melville House blog, the rest here.
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