Five Things: October 1, 2026

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: Things are finally starting to stabilize after a chaotic summer bled into September, which ended on a high note with good news on a couple of fronts, including a new gig! More on that another time, but there’s a little hint in the Bonus section. _ONE In the Library Ebook Market, Can Librarians Learn to Just Say No? | Me! But if the recent tension over library ebook legislation has shown librarians anything, it is this: the major publishers have the power to dictate terms for licensing their content, but maintaining the status quo in the digital library market is ultimately a choice being made by librarians. And the reality is that libraries have other choices. I’ve been involved in the Library Ebook Wars for way too long, but I’m hoping the AAP/Authors Guild Summer of Misinformation was the tipping point for public libraries to finally realize they’re not powerless victims. The Big 5 have shown their cards, threatening to pull out of the…