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Originally Posted by cjr72
Well in a meeting with the ALA the publishers said one issue they had with e-book lending was that there was not enough "friction" in the transaction compared to paper book lending. This USB deal may be their way of trying to add some friction.
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I can attest to that. In my little nook of the world we have a satelite library. I would say that 60 - 70 % of its content is geared towards the young reader, and I find that commendable. The material geared towards adults are usually a couple of years old, it gets out there when demand at the main branch starts to decline. Obviously, they will bring out anything from the main branch if you put a hold on it. Hence, the "friction" is in triplicate, you order, pick up and finally return (sometimes I will make a new order at that time, but surprisingly often I don't).
Now that I discovered e-lending I've pretty much become a hoarder. They allow you take out three books in seven days and I haven't missed an opportunity yet. Probably because I've read books in other languages than Swedish since I moved to e-Readers, lots of catching up to do. I'm sure that in due time I will stop hoarding, but right now it is too much fun.