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Originally Posted by starrigger
Do they? I honestly don't know.
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As someone who buys ebooks through Overdrive for my library, yes they do. And quite a lot more. Someone earlier pointed out the difference we pay for a hardcopy v. ebook for Grisham's The Confessions.
Also someone pointed out that mass market paperbacks wear out much quicker. True, but with the library discount the costs of these books is minimal, about $4.
What is even more crazy is that not only is HC telling me I'm only going to get 26 circs for a much higher priced ebook but they are telling me how I can get those 26 circs. If they are going to limit my circs, then I should be able to decide how to manage them and if I want to let all 26 circs happen at once.
I'm not surprised this comes from a Murdoch company though I expect the other publishers to follow suit.