<div dir="ltr">Today ALA delivers the #eBooksForAll petition with more than 150,000 signatures to Macmillan's office in New York. Oregon has approximately 15,946 petition signers. To learn more and sign the petition, see <a href="https://ebooksforall.org/">https://ebooksforall.org/</a> <br><br>Thank you,<div>Elaine Hirsch</div><div>OLA President </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">#eBooksForAll Team</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:MemberValue@ala.org" target="_blank">MemberValue@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 6:04 AM<br>Subject: You signed the library eBooks petition - now what?<br><br></div><br><br>
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to oppose Macmillan Publishers’ planned library eBook embargo. By signing the
petition, you sent Macmillan’s CEO John Sargent a strong message: access to
library eBooks should not be delayed or denied.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This morning, we’ll be delivering the petition with more than 150,000
signatures (including yours) to Macmillan’s office in New York. Will you help
us in our final push?</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here’s how you can help:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Forward this email to
three friends and encourage them to visit <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT04OTE1MjIxJnA9MSZ1PTExMzkwMjAwMzAmbGk9NzEwOTUzNTI/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ebooksforall.org</a> and sign the petition.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post these <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT04OTE1MjIxJnA9MSZ1PTExMzkwMjAwMzAmbGk9NzEwOTUzNTM/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">two videos</a> on your social media
channels to help educate others about the threat to library eBooks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deliver your state’s
results digitally! Share how many people in your state have signed on to the petition
as of today. <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT04OTE1MjIxJnA9MSZ1PTExMzkwMjAwMzAmbGk9NzEwOTUzNTQ/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download your state’s graphic</a>
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Library Association and libraries across the country in demanding #eBooksForAll.</span></span></p>
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