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Old 10-22-2013, 07:52 PM   #8
FizzyWater
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Originally Posted by jehane View Post
Unfortunately it is. Too good to be true, that is. As others have said, your selection depends on your library, just as it would for paper books. However many libraries have joined into regional consortia so that they can afford a wider selection. The downside of this is of course that you are competing with many more users for the books. This is not an issue for me personally, as I read widely and if one book isn't available then I read another that is.
Hachette won't allow their ebooks to be sold to consortiums - and there might be another.

There's a facebook page that's specifically for posting links to ebooks that can't be sold to libraries. I'm at work, but I'll try to remember to post a link when I get home.
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