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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Before eBooks, we would drive thirty miles to the big central library in Chester County PA. Now we pay Brooklyn $50 a year for a collection that, at least for newer releases, seems almost comparable, especially when combined with all the Pennsylvania libraries for which we have cards. So I'm going to say that eBooks are a lot easier, and, when you consider gas, and wear and tear on the car, a lot cheaper too.
As for all this big five bashing, those are the primary publishers whose books I borrow from public libraries. And they don't have to sell their eBooks for public library borrowing. Amazon publishing, in all forms, boycott libraries, making their books infinitely more expensive compared to the alternative of borrowing for free from an in-state public library collection. University publishing houses are almost as bad.
I should know by now, but what are you referring to? That sounds a lot higher than the number of public domain books which have been proofread after scanning. Are these copyrighted books no one is willing to pay for?
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Both. Most are public domain, but there are many copyrighted freebies too. Many of those are first in a "series" or "serial". Then you have the Kindle Select sales where authors can choose to put their books free from 1 to 5 days every 90 days.
Amazon started out with read a million free books on your kindle. 99% of those were public domain. "Don't think just the classics but all kinds of non-fiction too."
On the KS and copyright freebies, only about 10% are worth the bytes.*
*One person' s opinion done by study of self-published books. Repeated that study twice. There ain't enough money on earth to make me do it again.