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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
The answer to this is to form consortiums for increased buying power.
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I can't remember if they did or not--once again though the software was their main issue. The difference is they are only buying books that they can use indefinitely. Mine were on the list to be bought, but they ran out of money before doing so. I don't know if it will work out for them long term or not. Readers want a catalog that changes -- and they do want best sellers and authors they have heard of. None of the big publishers are going to do a "buy once, read forever" deal with libraries. And maintaining private software can become very expensive as well.