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Originally Posted by dkperez
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.
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Well, to some extent this makes sense, since OD is not only providing the books, but also taking care of distributing the checked out book.
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?
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The ADA is a red herring - it doesn't compel publishers to provide e-books to libraries. And US law isn't "behind" any other law wrt the first purchase doctrine - a lot of countries don't even have a first purchase doctrine to begin with. And, again, that's not really relevant to the issue of publishers providing libraries - or not providing libraries - with e-books.
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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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I think libraries need to investigate alternatives. But we may end up in a situation where libraries have no new release e-books from big publishers, and only half of big publishers provide any e-books at all. And I don't think there's really anything to do about that legally.