With Macmillan taking a stance against libraries with their new eBook embargo, I have decided that I will not be purchasing any Macmillan (and their imprints) books until two months after publication. This is one of the hardest decisions I had to make because I love Macmillan. Some of my favorite books are published under St. Martin’s Press and Tor.
I am Macmillan’s ideal customer. I am never one to hesitate to buy their books. In my personal library, I have over 600 physical books and over 10,000 eBooks. Growing up, I never got to own a book, so now, I’m one-click happy. I buy the ebook if it sounds interesting. If I’m honest about my spending habits, I spend about 1/5th of my paycheck on books. By making it harder for libraries to get eBooks, they have alienated me as a buyer & consumer.
You want to know what happens when I borrow a book from the library and love it? I buy it. I am so disheartened that I have had to take this stance. I love supporting authors, and I love watching them succeed, but I have to put my money where my mouth is.
So, to the authors who are repped by Macmillan. I love you, and I’m so sorry that I had to make this choice. I will read your books, I am sure I will love them, and I will scream about how much I love them after the two months is over.
Kristy
An Overcaffeinated Fae
Here is a list of Macmillan’s imprints that I found on their website so that I can remember who they are:
Adult Trade:
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- North Point Press,
- Hill and Wang,
- Faber and Faber Inc.,
- Books for Young Readers
- First Second
- Henry Holt
- Metropolitan Books,
- Times Books,
- Holt Paperbacks,
- Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
- Macmillan Audio
- Picador
- St Martin’s Press
- Griffin,
- Minotaur,
- All Points Books,
- Castle Point Books,
- St. Martin’s Press Paperbacks,
- Let’s Go,
- Thomas Dunne Books,
- Truman Talley Books,
- Tor/Forge,
- Starscape,
- Tor Teen Books,
- Flatiron Books,
- Macmillan Collector’s Library,
- Celadon Books
Children’s
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux for Young Readers
- Feiwel & Friends
- Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
- Imprint
- Kingfisher
- Odd Dot
- Priddy Books
- Roaring Brook Press
- Square Fish
- Tor Children’s
College & Academic
- Macmillan Learning
- Bedford/St. Martin’s,
- Hayden-McNeil,
- W. H. Freeman,
- Worth Publishers
Magazines & Journals
- Nature
- Scientific American
Distributed Publishers <– I am not sure if these publishers are involved, but until I get a direct answer, I’m treating them just like Macmillan.
- Bloomsbury USA
- The College Board
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Graywolf Press
- Papercutz
- Page Street Publishing Co.
- Entangled Publishing
- Guinness World Records
- Media Lab Books
