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Originally Posted by shalym
So, if Amazon is selling books under the KU program, then libraries are also selling books. Is that correct? In both instances the books are being loaned to the user but the user does not get to keep them. In many countries (although not in the US) authors even get paid when their books are borrowed from the Public library (kind of like they do when someone borrows a book through the KU program).
I'd really be interested to hear whether or not libraries are also (obviously) selling books to their patrons, and if they aren't, then why is what they are doing different from what Amazon is doing? (...and please don't say that it's different because libraries are free...many many libraries charge people from out of state/out of country for access to materials)
Shari
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Yeah, right. Amazon is like libraries. This is descending into the absurd.