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Sure, they could theoretically make more money if they gouged their customers (assuming the customers allowed themselves to be gouged), but that's not what I was asking. I was wondering if there was any reason to think that simply allowing libraries to lend digital books without restriction would significantly impact the profits of publishers and authors. In other words, charge as much as they're charging now but allow an unlimited number of people to borrow a book at any one time. How much money would they lose? Would they lose any at all?
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