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I heard about the Sony's, but as you said the hardware isn't as available. I also heard they shutdown the sony bookstore, but maybe that isn't a problem. The real problem is a lack of overdrive libraries and selection.

As far as the paid libraries I didn't realize the publishers were opposed to selling books to libraries. The only reason they sell to libraries is because they don't buy a lot of books now? The reasoning being that if a library bought a lot of books then the publishers would sell fewer total books?

Is there anything stopping me from just buying printed books and starting a for-profit library? Is there anything stopping the same thing with e-books? Is there some kind of terms of sale when you buy an e-book that says you can't put it in a shared library? I'm talking about a direct-sale from a publisher, not from a reseller like kindle or Barnes and Noble which is not really ownership, but a special copy in their library reserved for you all the time.