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Libby is a vendor product, not a public library. A short guide to who owns it, why the ownership record matters, and what to ask before renewal.
EbooksOwnershipVendors
KKR and Francisco Partners run most of the library-tech vendor stack. DC just passed a bill that would limit what they charge, unanimously. The trigger clause means it stays dormant until ten states join.
EbooksOwnership
Part of the Libby, ownership & ebook terms
71 sourced events tracing how library ebook access went from Project Gutenberg to a private-equity monopoly: OverDrive's rise, the publisher licensing wars, KKR's buyout, and Baker & Taylor's 2026 collapse.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record
Two ways to gut a public library, the honest kind and the kind that calls itself efficiency. Libraries measure life events. Businesses count widgets. Here's what happens when you confuse the two.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record
Libraries shouldn't be run like businesses. But a library leader who can't read a budget or spot the corporate playbook loses the fight for library values to whoever in the room can.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record
Seven years of library-worker reddit, read against 150 years of structural choices. The exit profile is a pattern, and the pattern has a history.
Ebooks
Part of the Digital lending record