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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
You Can buy an e-book & Gift it to a library.. I have done this. Why cant you?  |
Ebooks bought from Amazon won't have the necessary licensing that a library book would need. The license they carry is for non-commercial use, for one thing. It's been my understanding that you can't gift the book to a public library. You can always donate money, and let them buy it.
My public library has a wish list option, to use for books they haven't purchased yet. It seems that if buying a book to give to the library were an option, it would be stated there.
99% of the time I put a library book on hold, waiting isn't a problem. Our library even gives you the estimated wait time along with how many copies of the book they own. Those few times I wanted a book immediately, I buy it.