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Originally Posted by acidzebra
What I am getting at, if we could find a way to notify the library of the books we're "virtually loaning", and they pay out the authors based on usage, and all this is covered by my library card and the taxes which pay for the library, who stands to lose?
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nobody would lose - that would be a good system and I'd like to see it happen.
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I don't see it that way. As described I see publishers and authors losing out considerably through loss of sales to libraries, unless the usage fees increased a lot.
I think a scheme involving libraries and eBooks is entirely possible, but I'd like to see it work much more like the scheme for pBooks:
Libraries buy eBooks. Libraries loan the eBooks out to individuals for fixed periods of time. Libraries can only loan out as many copies as they have bought.
Indeed, I believe there are libraries operating such systems now, although horribly encumbered by DRM.
What you're suggesting is more a collections agency than a library.
Paul