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I actually don't mind waiting a little for a library release of an ebook, for a few reasons:
1) library lending is for the patient. Especially ebook lending. At this point for anything that hasn't been around for a few years, you place the hold and wait in line. At one point I had a hold on a book that had 216 users on the wait list.
2) library lending is for the cash-poor. A lot of us would prefer to buy more books if we had unlimited cash. But constraints on the entertainment budget means we have to ration our purchases.
When library borrowers become impatient (I don't want to wait until 215 other people have read the latest in this fabulous series!) it often translates into purchases.
When library borrowers have more handy cash, it also often translates into purchases--of favorite authors discovered through library lending.
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