Q. What is the Macmillan e-book embargo?

Macmillan Publishers has announced that they are limiting their e-book sales to public libraries, effective November 1, 2019. All public libraries are blocked from purchasing more than one e-copy of any Macmillan title until eight weeks after the release date.

Because of this decision, we will not have the newest Macmillan titles in OverDrive or Axis360.

In order to keep serving our patrons and to ameliorate the impact of this embargo, the Library will purchase more print copies of Macmillan’s books. We realize that this will not help our patrons who only read e-books, and we regret this.

Below are the imprints that will be affected by Macmillan’s decision to delay e-book sales of their newest publications:

Farrar, Straus & Giroux	Celadon	Henry Holt
Farrar Straus & Giroux for Young Readers	Flatiron Books	Henry Holt for Young Readers
Swoon Reads	First Second	Imprint
Macmillan Learning	Feiwel & Friends	Kingfisher
Macmillan Collector’s Lib	Odd Dot	Square Fish
Priddy Books	Picador	Tor Children’s
St. Martin’s Press	Roaring Brook	Tor
		Tor Teen

 

If you would like to contact Macmillan about this embargo, you may do so at:

Macmillan Publishers
Attn: Mr. John Sargent, CEO
120 Broadway Street
New York, NY 10271
Phone: 646-307-5151

Email: press.inquiries@macmillan.com
Twitter: @MacmillanUSA

Here are some Macmillan titles that will be embargoed when they are published:

Adult Titles

• The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts (11/26/19).  9781250123060
• Beating about the Bush by M.C. Beaton (12/3/19). 9781250157744
• Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer (12/3/19). 9780374720704
• Carrie Fisher by Sheila Weller (11/12/19). 9780374717728

 

Teen and Children’s Titles

• Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi. (12/30/19) 9781250171009
• Supernova by Marissa Meyer (11/05/19). 9781250220165
• A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (1/07/20). 9781681195124