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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
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.
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Their English is fine. If you haven't heard of the 26 checkout limit on some eBooks you've just missed the discussion there has been here and elsewhere the past few years.
Here are the library sales terms for the Big 5 last time I checked. Penguin Random House as a merged company may have changed all books to one scheme or another by now, not sure.
Random House
Perpetual Licence
eBooks cost 3-4 times retail list price
Penguin
12 month license
eBook pricing similar to full retail list
HarperCollins (now includes Harlequin)
License good for 26 checkouts
eBooks generally cost full retail list price
Macmillan
Licence good for 2 yesrs/52 loans (whichever comes first)
eBooks published less than 12 months ago are $60 each, older than 12 months $40 each
Simon & Schuster
Licence good for 12 months
Costs are generally more than eBook list, but less than Hardcover list.
Hachette
Perpetual license
Initial eBook pricing is 3 times the primary physical book cost. After one year the price drops to 1-1/2 times the primary physical book cost. Primary physical book cost is the highest priced edition currently in print.