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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I think your logic falls down at the point where the library doesn't need to buy a copy of the book any more.'
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No, it doesn't - that is pretty much the point of the digital information age, you don't NEED the physical copy in stock.
I "lend" book X from the library and ping the library statistics server (using my library account, formerly tied to my library pass), it records one use and they still pay out authors depending on usage. As for tracking, libraries already track your book use - no change there.
I could think of flat-fees for heavy readers, X-books per months deals, usage-based, the possibilities of the digital library as a counterpart to the old-fashioned library with flat fees are endless.