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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I know this may sound anti-Kindle, but it's not.
Is this fee increase due to the Kindle about to have library eBook access? Is Overdrive raising fees so the work to integrate the Kindle will be paid for by the libraries and not Amazon or Overdrive? I am suspicious with the timing of these increases and the announcement.
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The fee increase is because their use of OD has increased 10x what it was in 2006 (the fees have stayed the same even though usage has increased). OD has to pay Adobe every time a DRM license is created for a book, I don't know what fees get paid to MS for the DRM on WMA audiobooks.
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If these numbers are part of the reason for the fee increase, then what's going to happen when the Kindle has library eBook access? Will this cause Overdrive to raise fees even more?
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If downloads increase then I would suppose fees would too.