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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I think if libraries see a sharp spike in wait times, they'll probably institute shorter loan periods for popular / new releases; say 7 days. I don't see them buying more copies because their budgets are already strained.
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Libraries pay some sort of DRM certificate fee to OverDrive/Adobe each time a book is checked out, correct? Shorter loan periods mean that more Adobe DRM certificates will need to be issued each year, so that's not going to do anything to help the budget crunch.
Let's not forget that libraries also have the option to not make any changes: "OK, pre-Amazon Kindle, our yearly budget would allow 26 people to checkout this ebook for 14 days. And, post-Amazon Kindle... yup, budget is exactly the same. 26 people can read this book each year."