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Old 01-02-2011, 04:09 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by KoboNo
I do understand this, yes. However, the advantage of an electronic book versus a physical book is not seen in the example I provided. Clear up one thing for me then, please. Does a company, say Kobo, have an endless 'supply' of electronic books to sell or are they limited as well to sell, let us say 500 copies?
For every book Kobo sells, there is a customer that pays for it. They can sell as many as there are people with money in their hand.

A library is generally funded with taxes, and those funds are limited. The library allocates those limited supplies to as many copies of an ebook as they can afford.

Library e-books precludes the necessity to take a trip to a library and get a book and then take a trip back to return it. This is a huge advantage.

Library e-books don't attract penalties when not returned as is the case with a p-book. This is an advantage for both borrower and the library.

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