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Originally Posted by wizwor
I'm not opposed to lending of materials at all. I'm simply opposed to separate standards. Going back to the original post, I think the solution is obvious: an ebook can only be borrowed by one person at a time. Just like a physical book.
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If that's the crux of your objection to electronic library lending, then you'll be happy to know that's exactly how they do things, at least via the common Overdrive system.
The library buys a number of licenses for the e-book/audiobook, and people are limited to borrowing the licensed copies one at a time.
So, if as often happens, the library gets 5 licenses for [NEW RELEASE], only 5 people can borrow the book at any given time and I end up being hold #25 of #43 and often have to wait a while until the e-book has circulated through enough patrons to come to me, especially if people haven't mastered the trick of using ADE's "return early" function or left their default loan period at the full 21 days.