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Originally Posted by stickybuns
From what I've gathered, libraries already pay a higher price for ebooks.
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I think someone already answered you, but yes they do pay a higher price. At the library system where I work, the OverDrive price for an ebook was close to the hardback list price. Actually paid more for an ebook copy than a print copy. Granted we bought 50 hardback copies and 2 ebooks.
I just wish the publishers would come out and admit that libraries are only leasing copies and price the ebooks accordingly. We aren't buying anything, just the right to have a "copy" until the format is no longer supported. Many Libraries have used lease plans for best sellers for decades, why not use that model with ebooks? That's pretty much what HC is wanting to do.