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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
No, because the library "purchases" (access to) a limited number of copies; so, if they're all out, where would one come from for that additional fee? You wouldn't expect to plunk down a nominal amount for a hardcover bestseller with a long queue for another copy to magically then appear?
The "solution" would be for the person anxious to read that ebook to buy a copy.
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The idea of eAnything is that it is available electronically anytime when one has the ability to download it. The idea that an eBook is out of stock is silly. Authors may say otherwise but it is still silly. Yes, licences exist. Yes, this is the current model. This does not mean that the model is broken and silly.
What would your reaction be if you went to watch a movie on demand and were presented with a message: "Sorry, no copies of this title exist. Wait two days until a customer returns a movie to our on demand library."
Silly, no?