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bhartman36 · 05-01-2011, 08:49 AM

I just checked yesterday. Renewed my library card and checked to see what their policy with e-books is. They've got two Kindles, an Nook, a Nook Color, and a Sony Reader to lend.

I really wish they'd lend the e-books instead of the readers. It seems superfluous. If you don't have an e-reader, aren't you more likely to borrow a paper book, anyway? Also, how expensive are the books to lend out, compared to the readers? I find it hard to believe that the expense of all those readers is less than the cost of the e-books they contain.

Anyone else's library have policies like this?

05-01-2011, 08:49 AM	#1
bhartman36 Wizard Posts: 1,323 Karma: 1515835 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (2021)	My Library Lends e-readers, rathern than e-books I just checked yesterday. Renewed my library card and checked to see what their policy with e-books is. They've got two Kindles, an Nook, a Nook Color, and a Sony Reader to lend. I really wish they'd lend the e-books instead of the readers. It seems superfluous. If you don't have an e-reader, aren't you more likely to borrow a paper book, anyway? Also, how expensive are the books to lend out, compared to the readers? I find it hard to believe that the expense of all those readers is less than the cost of the e-books they contain. Anyone else's library have policies like this?