from other things I'm reading, like on Teleread, it sounds like one of the issues may be (and I stress *may*) that some libraries like the Free Library of Philadelphia are selling out-of-area memberships. I read somewhere that in England the publishers tried to make it that libraries couldn't issue out-of-area memberships unless the person showed up in person to buy the library card. It has to do with geographical restrictions, or something like that.
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