Maria Bustillos @maria & the Brick House team are the creative minds behind BRIET, a new exchange that invites publishers to sell eBooks to libraries, allowing libraries to own them, not just license them. Several indie publishers are already on board.

More via Publishers Weekly ⤵️
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/98310-library-startup-briet-wants-to-revolutionize-e-book-sales-not-licensing.html

@ftrain #Libraries #Ebooks #DigitalOwnership #LibraryAccess #OpenAccess #LibraryInnovation #MariaBustillos #Briet #IndiePublishing #BookRights #ReadersFirst #LibraryEquity #PublishingNews

Very promising. Watching with interest.
https://thebrick.house/briet/

"The right of #libraries to own their own collections is the bedrock of cultural #preservation. #Books that can’t be owned [but merely licensed] are books that can be tampered with, or even taken away. To demonstrate the right way for #publishers to work with, and not against, libraries, the independent publishers of Brick House sold our first ebook to a library in 2021; since then we’ve been at work developing #BRIET, so that fellow publishers could do the same…It’s free to use, for both publishers and libraries."

For the fans of Briet, I draw your attention to the Antelope Document Management System. #librarians #archivists #briet

https://www.antelopeglobal.com/products