[jhowell]

Unlike OverDrive or Cloud Library, Freading doesn't enforce a limited number of copies per book. They have a limited number of weekly lends per customer across the entire catalog instead. So there is no point in returning a Freading book early. Another new library e-book provider, Hoopla, works the same way.

ETA: Personally I like this lending model better, but the larger publishers won't allow their books in these services.