Electronic Publishing: Public Libraries
Culture Media and Sport
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what representations she received from publishers, librarians and authors on establishing an independent taskforce on e-book lending between June and September 2012.
Edward Vaizey (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries), Business, Innovation and Skills; Wantage, Conservative)
The Department has received correspondence in support of a review of e-lending and offering contributions to the review. Such correspondence has been received from those including the Society of Authors, the Booksellers Association, the Royal National Institute of Blind People National Library Service, Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd, individual librarians and authors.