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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
So the question that pops into my mind is, Is OverDrive actually buying the ebooks and simply managing the distribution for the libraries?
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They are now, since the licenses can expire and apparently can't be transferred to another service.
It's impossible to tell what the old contract stipulated without seeing it.
Your math is completely off, by the way.
The claim isn't that usage increased 10% since 2006. When you increase usage by 10 times, that's a
1000% increase.
So if there were 27,000 people checking out ebooks from Kansas libraries in 2006, there are currently 270,000 people checking out ebooks.
Seriously, the Overdrive admin costs are a pittance. The only reason why the librarians are freaking out over the cost component is, again, because they had a flat fee that hasn't changed since 2006. I really cannot view their complaints over the cost component as having much merit.