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By sharing means anything legit that one can do with print books should be possible with eBooks as well, for example: library sharing items with their members  , inter library loan, or you have seen two member swap their books which is not a bad thing. I am falling short of a good example but there will be many permutations not easy in these eBook distribution systems |
Um, yeah, whatever you say.
It is easier than ever before to let someone checkout a library book with your card. I have even checked out books and PMed the redemption link to MobileRead members anywhere in the country! You can't do that with pbooks...
Inter-library loans are still possible. The libraries that offered cards to members of affiliated libraries, for example: those cards work for ebooks too.
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Yes, ebooks are bound to a management system and when the management company goes out of business, ebooks from the shelf will disappear overnight, something not good for libraries that relied on long term archiving of literature, which made finding rare books possible.
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Yes, libraries should be able to run their own in-house system. But that isn't what you said, you said:
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and do not guarantee long term preserv-ability due to DRM.
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which is a question of whether to use DRM at all. And they should.
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I am not just talking about Public libraries, there is library inside college campus and schools.
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I am aware, and I am also aware that your last sentence is still a non sequitur.
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What do you think, friction in eBook adoption in schools is causes by both publishers as well libraries?
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You did not imply you were talking about school libraries, nor did you explain why there could theoretically be a difference between libraries run by a school or by a municipal council, nor did you explain why you think municipal libraries might be trying to assassinate school libraries...