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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I have given you nothing but facts. You might wish that a library could loan out a e-book forever, but that is not how it actually works.
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I see, thanks.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
He is the way that it works: a library buys a license for an e-book. That license allows the library to loan the e-book out x number of times. When that number of downloads is reached, the library must either purchase a new license or must cease loaning out the book.
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Libraries should simply purchase the ebook not a license. Digital files don't wear out, this re-download is puzzling.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Thus, a consortium of libraries pooling their purchases would result in the same number of purchases, as the number of downloads would remain the same, and the number of downloads determines the number of purchases.
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The number of purchases should determine how many copies can be loaned out at the same time.