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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
That was a very interesting read with behind the scenes insight. Libraries do have an ace up their sleeves. They can always tell OverDrive to take a hike and go back to physical books only. With such tight budgets, many libraries will not be able to absorb these price increases and will have no other choice but to drop OverDrive. Patrons may not like, but that's reality.
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Of course, Overdrive can do the same to libraries. It's not like they have another option for e-books.
It doesn't strike me that the library's argument (we have no money, this increase is too much) is any better than OD's (circulation has massively increased, raising our costs). So I imagine there will be some sort of reasonably negotiated deal.