PRH Make Pandemic Models Permanent

Sorry not to post this news sooner. Many in libraries will already be aware, but Penguin Random House’s “temporary” models, put in place during the pandemic, have become permanent. One year licenses, as well as the standard two-year for ebooks and perpetual access for audiobooks, and pay-per-use models will now remain in place.

RF hopes that PRH might return to a perpetual access option for ebooks (go ahead and charge a higher price than for two-year metered). Still, we are grateful to PRH for offering options. The one-year license has proven valuable for cost savings on best-sellers that (as many do) have a time of more limited popularity.

Lest anyone think RF is just a bunch of carping critics, we wish to say it: Every little bit helps—thanks, PRH!