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Originally Posted by Synamon
Commonly??? Only if by commonly you mean that after 2 years of a pilot project with a single library system, Hachette finally agreed to sell their ebooks to all public libraries . . .
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Why is it that Hachette is getting criticized for past conduct when Amazon Publishing gets a pass for current behavior?
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Originally Posted by Synamon
. . . at an inflated price.
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If I was on the library board, I'd argue that the eBook is worth much more to us than the paper book because the electronic copy doesn't occupy rented or mortgaged space, and doesn't require heating, air conditioning, roof repairs to keep it dry, costs of cataloging and checkout, costs associated with patron theft, etc. Now, if the eBook price is high enough, it still could be a worse value than paper. But without calculating the total direct and indirect cost per borrowing, and comparing that to what the library is charged for the book, you can't just assume that the overall value of the eBook title is worse.