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Originally Posted by GeoffR
My library has four different ebook providers, they all have their own app, but they also all allow download with ADE. ADE is the solution to the fragmentation, it is much simpler to use ADE for all the library providers (plus most retailers) than to use a different app for each one.
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For someone used to using computers, sure, that is fine.
For someone who isn't, it makes no sense that they can buy a dedicated device to read eBooks on, and the library lends eBooks, but they need to put a PC in the middle to make the whole thing work. Some people are just genuinely afraid of computers, and won't use them.
There is a reason Kindle and Kobo don't make you use a PC to transfer purchased books to the device, they make it as easy as possible.
Requiring the use of a PC each time you want to borrow a book will rule the process out for a chunk of the population, and that chunk is a large proportion of current physical library users. They will end up either not using the library at all, or maybe using it on a phone or tablet.