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Originally Posted by stickybuns
What would you (general you, not just elcreative) think of a library that charged a small fee for the longer checkout times? Or, allowed X ebooks per year before charging?
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Actually, I think it's an excellent idea. But instead charging for longer checkout times, I say you get charged if you choose to rely on the ungraceful, "automatic" return. You can avoid that fee by properly "returning" the ebook when you're done with it--however many mouse clicks that might entail.
That may encourage early returns as well as generate a tiny amount of revenue.
I'm not sure about charging for each subsequent checkout after X number of ebooks checked out per year. What about a general limit? X number of ebooks per year is all you're
allowed to check out. After that, donations are accepted to negate that limit.