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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
For in-copyright works, a digital library, because it would have infinite copies and be really easy to get books for free from (in an ideal world) would be anathema to publishers. They'd start charging libraries exorbitant prices.
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Yes, but that is just because publishers (understandably) want to hold on to the status quo, even when digital technology completely upends their world.
We are in a period of transition, making a (huge, scary) leap between paradigms. In 50 years' time, the word ebook will have the same anachronistic feel as "horseless carriage".