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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Can we discuss a an ebook server with access fees to pay for operating costs in lieu of taxes?
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I must be missing something. Are you on the far right this week?
Taking this literally, it sounds like the subscription libraries, originally for the near-rich (Benjamin Franklin founded one), that predated public libraries.
On the other hand, I could look on your post as an endorsement of the many good public libraries that allow out-of-area people to borrow both paper and eBooks for a fee. (Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Baltimore and Princeton come to mind as in my general area).
The ebook server idea is fine so long as the publisher is on board and receiving the agreed-upon price.