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Old 01-03-2011, 12:11 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by 3d0g View Post
You do realize that most books in the library (well, US libraries at least) are purchased, right? They can no more afford to have 500 paper copies of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo than electronic versions. I'm sure if you were an author, your position would be a bit different.
I think a lot of public library books, particularly popular new editions, are leased, so they can have lots of copies of bestsellers for a few months.

I wonder if this is also true of Overdrive editions.
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