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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I would suggest that you look at Netflix as a model. People can have a certain number of books downloaded at a given time. To download a new book, they have to return an old book.
And there is no way I would pay $30 for such a service. I could buy at least three books a month for that price. Nevermind all the free books that I can already download.
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My public library does ebook lending in this manner, and I only pay for that with my taxes
I believe the restrictions are up to 10 books checked out, and beyond that you have to check some back in to get more. But that functionality takes DRM, and then you have to worry about the different flavors of DRM and how they work (or don't work) with devices.
The problems with my library's ebooks is there isn't a lot of selection (at least in the genres I read). But I seem to recall there are some publishers who won't even allow their books on the OverDrive service.