https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...nges-1.5189591
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You might call her an ideal library-goer: Andrea Querido visits her local branch weekly — even blogs for it — and*describes*libraries as "a place of community and connection."
And when Querido's son was born five years ago, the communications professional fell in love with a new section of the stacks: e-books, which along with e-audiobooks, make up the fastest growing area of borrowing for many libraries today.
"You'd have those late nights and you could be on your phone or your iPod, reading, while he's feeding or you're changing a diaper," recalled Querido, an avid reader and book club member who lives in Brampton, Ont.
But as any library patron could tell you, there can be lengthy waits for e-book and e-audiobook titles — especially for A-list authors.*Take, for instance, Oprah Winfrey's latest self-help title,*The Path Made Clear, published in March.
"I think for the audiobook, it's 135 days to wait. And then the e-book is something like 35 days," said Querido.*"If you're willing to wait, it's great.*But if you want to get your hands on that, it's kind of a long time to wait for the book everyone's talking about."*
That kind of wait could get even longer now, as libraries call out*multinational publishers for high prices, restrictive terms and*exclusivity windows that they say make it tougher to get e-content into the hands of eager customers.
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