Get Involved
Add your voice to conversation if you agree that access to all published works—regardless of format—must equitably balance the rights and privileges of readers, authors, and publishers.
Media Outreach
Write an Op-ed
Op-eds in local media outlets are a great way to influence people's views. Check out these tips, sample op-ed, and examples from the #eBookForAll campaign.
Submit An Op-Ed to Your Local Paper (Word doc)
Publishers’ e-book restrictions and pricing hurt library users in Seattle, King County and beyond | Lisa G. Rosenblum and Marcellus Turner | The Seattle Times |10/1/2019 |
Column: A threat to public library access: e-books no more? | Patrick Losinski | Columbus Dispatch | 10/1/2019
My Turn: E-book embargo unfair to New Hampshire readers | Christine Friesse | Concord Monitor |10/1/2019
Publishers limit libraries' ability to provide eBooks | Jennifer Slone | Chillicothe Gazette | 9/28/2019
Limiting library e-books a blow to literacy | Ramiro Salazar | San Antonio Express-News | 9/27/2019
Public libraries across the country face a different type of censorship | Kent Oliver | Tennessean | 9/20/2019
Publishers are blocking your access to e-books at local libraries | Vailey Oehlke | The Oregonian | 10/2/2019
Publishers, please don't limit e-book access | Metro Area Public Library Directors | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 10/15/2019
Newly released e-books could become scarce at Denver libraries with publisher embargoes | Michelle Jeske | Denver Post | 10/15/2019
How a publisher is punishing library users with eBooks limit | Michael Lambert | San Francisco Chronicle | 10/30/2019
Spread the Word
Libraries: Get the word out to your patrons, stakeholders, and Friends group about the #eBooksForAll campaign. Check out these great examples:
Broward County Libraries PDF | Word doc
Columbus Metroplitan Library Email PDF | Word doc
Cuyahoga County Public Library Email PDF | Word doc
San Antonio Public Library Email PDF | Word doc
Central Arkansas Library System Blog Post
Social Media
Social media channels provide a place where libraries, library users, and others can share the work they are doing and the issues they care about – and reinforce relationships with decision makers and the communities they represent. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram are perfectly designed for communicating creatively with our elected officials.
The following examples can be edited and posted to either your personal page, or if you represent a library, then on your library pages and sites.
Twitter:
.@MacmillanUSA is trying to limit your access to eBooks via your [@PublicLibrary]. Join @ALAlibrary & libraries across the country in opposing their new policy, scheduled to begin Nov 1. Sign the #eBooksForAll petition now: eBooksForAll.org
Facebook:
Macmillan Publishers is trying to limit your access to eBooks via your [insert your public FB link library here]. Join libraries across the country to oppose their new policy scheduled to begin November 1. Sign the #eBooksForAll petition now, and tell Macmillan that access to eBooks should not be delayed or denied: eBooksForAll.org
Linked In:
Please stand with me to oppose @MacmillanUsa limiting your access to eBooks via your public library. Join @ALAlibrary & libraries across the country in opposing their new policy, scheduled to begin Nov 1st. Sign the #eBooksForAll petition: eBooksForAll.org
Video
Post these videos on your website and social media channels.
For best results on Facebook, upload the video natively to the platform.
Download the .MP4 versions: The Gym Wouldn't Make You Wait for One Towel | A Restaurant Wouldn't Make a Table of Four Wait for Just One Fork
Download the .MOV high resolution versions via Dropbox
Embed on your website via YouTube
Digital Graphics
Deliver your state’s results digitally!
Share how many people in your state have signed on to the petition as of today. Download your state’s graphic and share on social using the hashtag #eBooksForAll.
Libraries Transform Because Statements
Because when libraries have access, readers win.
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Because libraries expand access for all.
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Because libraries help new books find their readers.
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Because libraries let you fit a world of literature in your pocket.
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Because supporting libraries supports readers.
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#eBooksForAll Madlibs
![Instagram share with blank space to add local information about the effect of the eBook embargo:: Under this new policy,[insert Library or System (State) Name] would be limited to purchasing just one copy of a new e-book for the first 8 weeks after it releases. Right now, we buy enough copies of books so that our patrons only have to wait about[insert number of months] at the most to borrow them. Embargos would seriously limit our ability to keep wait times as short as possible. For example, after [insert number of months] months on our Top 5 e-books list, [insert number] patrons are still waiting to get our copies for the bestseller [Insert bestselling title example]. To meet that demand, we purchased [insert number] copies. Had we only had one copy, it is very likely that our patrons would wait up to [insert number, week, month or year] or more.](https://ebooksforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/efa-madlib-instagram-share.jpg "efa-madlib-instagram-share")
Demonstrate the impact of the Macmillan eBook embargo in your community. Fill in the blanks with data from your library and share.
Quotes from ALA President Wanda Brown
Print Resources
