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Originally Posted by John F
Are you talking about pbooks or ebooks, in the U.S. For pbooks, I don't think this is true in the U.S. (the bolded part)? I believe that a library could go to any book store, buy a book, and lend it (this falls under Fair Use). The publisher has no say in the matter. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
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A library can lend any paper book, that's correct; they can only lend an e-book if the publisher has signed up to the lending programme.