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Old 07-07-2017, 08:40 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
It's kinda like renting the title for each borrower. I'm pretty sure the rates are much cheaper than an outright purchase.
This isn't really a big deal with HarperCollins, as they already license their books on a per-checkout basis...the only difference is the library has to pay in groups of 26 checkouts.

To be the most library friendly, every publisher needs to have these "rental" licenses, plus a more expensive perpetual license. This would allow the library to buy a lot of the rental type at first release, and much more limited number of the perpetual version.
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