thanks eli!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Elifarley Callado Coelho Cruz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elifarley@gmail.com">elifarley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Maybe u r interested in this...<br>
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From: "Patrick Schmitt, Change.org" <<a href="mailto:mail@change.org">mail@change.org</a>><br>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 23:21:05 -0700<br>
Subject: Don't mess with an angry librarian<br>
To: <a href="mailto:elifarley@gmail.com">elifarley@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
Dear Elifarley,<br>
<br>
By day, Andy Woodworth is a mild-mannered librarian. By night, he's<br>
still a librarian, just less mild-mannered.<br>
<br>
Andy is kind of famous in the librarian community, mostly for getting<br>
the Old Spice guy to do a video about how great libraries are, and<br>
unsuccessfully campaigning to get Ben & Jerry's to create a flavor<br>
called the "Gooey Decimal System." (If you don't get the pun, just ask<br>
someone ten years older.)<br>
<br>
Oh, and now he's using Change.org to help lead the charge in a fight<br>
against NewsCorp, one of the world's most powerful companies.<br>
<br>
See, more and more libraries are beginning to buy e-books, like those<br>
read on a Kindle or similar device. They're programmed to be like<br>
normal books -- lent out to one reader at a time, returned, and<br>
downloaded by another reader. It's simple, and especially great for<br>
working parents or the disabled who have a hard time making it to a<br>
library.<br>
<br>
But publishing giant HarperCollins (owned by NewsCorp) is trying to<br>
force libraries to only buy e-books that literally self-destruct after<br>
the 26th reader in an attempt to maximize profits.<br>
<br>
Having to repeatedly buy the same book will be a financial and<br>
logistical disaster for libraries, one that could force a few to close<br>
their doors. Even worse, there are signs that other publishing<br>
companies may soon follow the lead of HarperCollins, which could<br>
devastate libraries all around the world.<br>
<br>
Some amazing librarians have launched a full boycott of HarperCollins<br>
until the decision is reversed, but they urgently need widespread<br>
support to force NewsCorp to back down.<br>
<br>
Andy's petition demanding an end to self-destructing e-books has a<br>
goal of 100,000 signatures -- click here to add your name now:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-harpercollins-limited-checkouts-on-ebooks-is-wrong-for-libraries?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=CbYGZVXIUM_WXxLHlzsUX" target="_blank">http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-harpercollins-limited-checkouts-on-ebooks-is-wrong-for-libraries?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=CbYGZVXIUM_WXxLHlzsUX</a><br>
<br>
Andy declares on his blog that "The world needs more badass<br>
librarians." It's true, though right now the world also needs more<br>
readers who will stand alongside them.<br>
<br>
Thanks for doing your part,<br>
<br>
Patrick and the Change.org team<br>
<br>
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