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Don't libraries pay more for print books (and other media, like books on CD, etc.) than the average consumer as well?
I can't imagine that the BPHs wouldn't find a way around this - "okay, you can pay the same, but you can only lend the eBook 6 times before you have to repurchase it!"
My concerns have been more along the idea that BPHs shouldn't be able to disallow book/ebook lending in libraries. Today, if libraries want all of the Big 6, they have to subscribe to two services (Overdrive and 3M). I don't think we should have a protected monopoly for ebooks - but I also think it's excessive to ask libraries to pay the administrative fees for two (or more) services just to get access to all publishers.
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