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You know folks, there is a much more direct way to read a particular book when you want to read it.
Buy yourself a copy.
Forget ebooks for the moment. Libraries never purchase enough of popular books. They never even attempt to satisfy initial demand. That's not their purpose. It's economically unfeasible.
eBooks don't change this. Not one bit.
If you are really upset that the book YOU want to read...RIGHT NOW....isn't available at your library....buy the book yourself.
It's so much more efficient than lobbying the government to raise your taxes so that books can be bought on your behalf in enough volume to satisfy your desire to read a "in demand" book during the "in demand window".
Just as ebooks sold/licensed to individuals are at prices having nothing to do with the cost of manufacture....the same is with libraries. Libraries will stock the books according to their own logic and budget.
An ebook can cost quite a bit more than a paper book and STILL be a deal as far as a library is concerned. No cost to re-shelve it. No waiting for folks to turn the book back in. No cost in shelving and floor space and heating/air conditioning. No cost to repair.
But if even all those were not true...ebooks allow libraries to continue to be relevant.
None of that matters to an individual who can merely buy a book or read any of the others that are available at the time at the library.
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