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Originally Posted by ottdmk
Wow. $3 per loan? How do Swedish libraries stay solvent?
As AnemicOak mentions, there is no evidence that any of the extra money large publishers charge libraries makes it to the author. (It is possible that the author will get more royalties due to the expiration clauses, but that's uncertain as well.)
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They have had to restrict the number of loans for popular books.
Going to the author or not seem to me irrelevant when deciding if it is a rip-off or not. Only the value you get should be looked at and it seems silly to call $20 a rip-off considering what you get for it.