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Originally Posted by dkperez
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As far as the "you can only lend the ebook 26 times before paying again", again in conversation with the librarians, I was told they have books that were well bound and have been leant over 200 times and are still in very good condition.
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I've not only been told that, but I have experienced that. I've gotten to recognize which copy of a book I've re-borrowed by familiar smudge marks, coffee drips, dog ears, pencil scribbles, etc. I've been using the same library now since 1995, and one popular book I had borrowed for over a ten year period and had constantly put myself on a revolving hold list. And it was clearly not "new" when I arrived on the scene. I had borrowed
that exact copy at least a dozen times. And it was NOT a "well bound hardcover". It was a paperback.
So I exercised some serious diaphragm muscles laughing very hard when I first read Harper Collins excuse for their gouging license, of "Treat an e-book like a printed book". 26 times, my arse! I've become so familiar with some copies of books that are still in the library since at least the early 90s and have had way more than 26 loans per title that exists.
So if they are going to pretend an e-book is just like a paper book, they should get it in line with more like reality. But what do I know about business.... I just read books.