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Originally Posted by harriska2
Why can't a publisher/author get paid PER CHECKOUT at a REASONABLE cost (micropayments).
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When this has been brought up at various times most libraries I've read about have not been in favor of the idea as it doesn't fit in with yearly budget planning. They'd rather have a set number of copies available for checkout than potentially have their entire years budget blown on one or two best sellers with no checkout limits. Also what publishers think is reasonable and the rest of the world does might differ greatly. For a service like Scribd for instance publishers get the approx wholesale price of book for each read (about 60% of cover price).