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Originally Posted by leebase
Books are made available for a price to libraries. Same as always.
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Not quite the same as always.
For paper books, libraries can buy normal copies just like anyone else, and pay normal prices. And they can can sell copies they don't need to recoup some of the costs.
For eBooks, libraries have to pay more than anyone else, may not be able to buy books immediately, and can't recoup any of that cost later.
Not to say that either of these things are unreasonable restrictions, but they are clear differences.