Thread: Why e-books, e-audiobooks could be harder to snag at your local library
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Old 07-05-2019, 08:48 PM   #69
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Another issue libraries face is excessively high prices and restrictive purchasing models for eAudiobooks and eBooks. Libraries lend digital copies just like physical books — on a one-to-one basis. But the prices we pay for digital copies are exponentially higher.

And if you click on the right/left arrows just below this, you can scroll through some books with the pbook and library ebook costs. Some samples were:

David Baldacci, The Fallen at $22.80 for the pbook, $87.00 for the ebook.
Hilary Rodham Clinton, What Happened at $52.99 for the pbook, $104.01 for the ebook.
Malcolm Nance, The Plot to Destroy Democracy at $21.90 for the pbook, $109.00 for the ebook.
Anne Proulx, Barkskins at $46.79 for the pbook, $156.03 for the ebook.
Linwood Barclay, A Noise Downstairs at $19.20 for the pbook, $65.00 for the ebook.
And where is the rest of the information, such as why this is occurring? The simplistic reading is that those publishers are just evil because I want cheap books and they aren't giving them to me. I suspect that this is not the real reason.
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