ALA and AAP Exchange Press Releases on eLending, More to Follow in the Near Future?

On Sept. 24, ALA President Maureen Sullivan issued An Open Letter to America’s Publishers (ALA E-content Blog link) regarding eLending practices in the publishing industry due in no small part to Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin's refusal to provide access to their eBook titles in US libraries. The following day, AAP issued a response to ALA's "harshly critical open letter". AAP's press release includes the following announcement which I read, perhaps incorrectly, as an invitation to speak to AAP's members:

Within the narrow scope of our authority as a trade association, AAP has tried to help advance the dialogue on e-lending between libraries and publishers. The session we organized for former ALA leadership at our Annual Meeting remains our most-watched online video. In that spirit, AAP is set to host an event to be held in a few days welcoming Ms. Sullivan and providing her with a platform to speak to more than 100 members of the publishing community.

(Emphasis added.)

No word yet on either the AAP or ALA websites. [JH]