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According to the librarians where I live, they feel caught in the middle. Demand for ebooks has increased astronomically, but the publishers are making fewer and fewer titles available.
And, (I have no idea whether it's Overdrive or publishers doing) the prices for ebooks is significantly HIGHER than the library pays for hard cover books.
I've seen in this thread references to ADA and right of first purchase. Is the US law so far behind that it doesn't cover ebooks as well as "printed" books? And if so, is there any indication that something will be done soon to address the war on libraries currently in process by the publishers?
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