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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
And they wonder why Amazon is so big now.
The thinking is "our product is so great, people will jump through hoops to get it".
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No, they think nobody would buy their product, if it is as easy to borrow it as to buy it (that not every book is available in any quantity etc. they simply don't recognize). It's the same logic with which they count each pirated book as a lost sale... Libraries are not partners in this view, but enemies or competing businesses. I think looking how big publishers interact with libraries tells all one wants to know of how they really think about culture and contributing to knowledge.