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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I thought that libraries are able to buy X copies of an eBook and then lend out "X" copies at the same time already. Is this not the case? How else do they manage to have several copies available on many ebooks?
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Whether or not they're able to do that, I don't know. The way it typically works today though is that they don't buy X eBooks and lend them out based on the first sale doctrine, like they do for pBooks. They make licensing agreements with the Publisher in order to obtain permission to lend out X copies.