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Originally Posted by l_macd
A further restriction on library ebooks in the UK appears to be that if your local library doesn't provide this service (which mine doesn't), publishers don't want you to be able to borrow from libraries outwith your own area. As I've just posted in the UK libraries thread, this is a reply I got about changes in one library I'd hoped to join:
From what they say, it looks like tighter controls might be put in place everywhere:
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Yes. It is understandable that Overdrive would be concerned about this, when they are providing eBooks to the local library community, not the entire world. Although of course I don't like to see such restrictions, they are reasonable.