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Originally Posted by webroot
So far Public & school libraries have shown least progress in eBook adoption (about 5%), librarian mostly blame publishers for their inflexible "eBook Licensing" that are very expensive, baffling checkout schemes (like 26 checkout before it expire), create difficulties in sharing, and do not guarantee long term preserv-ability due to DRM.
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Don't know what you are talking about when you say " 26 checkout before it expire" - I've never heard of anything resembling that, if I can try and understand what you meant. Your English is not great.
You can't share library books, or any ebooks, really, unless the second person is on your account. Why would you need to? The other people can just check the book out themselves.
What does DRM have to do with "long term preservation"? Library books are typically checked out only for about two weeks, anyway. DRM isn't applied until someone checks out the book. What could be the problem? You don't keep library books forever, anyway, so some of the issues people have with DRM don't really apply, like format-shifting for another device in future.