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Because Public Libraries are funded through property taxes is why some type of national or international library would never work (unless it is subscription based).
Publishers collecting money from a library each and every time an ebook is borrowed would be difficult to budget for. Libraries are government funded and I would assume set aside 'x' dollars to purchase ebook licenses for a fiscal year. They get to the end of the year and here are the publishers saying patrons borrowed 1,000 ebooks during that year, you owe us more money.
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