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Originally Posted by KentE
Actually, I don't see any reason why the libraries couldn't say "no". The library ebook system was developed without any participation by Amazon/Kindle until very recently, and it certainly didn't prevent library ebooks from becoming a viable platform. No one with a Kindle could previously read a library book, without illegal manipulation of the file. (as far as I know, anyway.)
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No one with a Kindle could previously read a library book because of Amazon. To refuse based on something that many tax paying consumers don't care about would have been bad for them. The publishers don't want ebooks in libraries anyway. They were just looking for a reason to say no.