Thread: Why e-books, e-audiobooks could be harder to snag at your local library
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Old 07-08-2019, 05:04 PM   #102
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
How so? People want access to "in demand" books, music and movies. If a library was simply a source of 28yr old and older material, I doubt many people would be satisfied.

The wrinkle ebooks add to the already long standing issues....is that it is (or could be) every bit as convenient to check out and read an ebook from the library as it is to buy and read an ebook from Amazon (or any other commercial place).

As such, MORE people would be incentivized to use their library than buy a book. This is, I would imagine, the reason publishers are making ebooks more expensive for libraries....to cut down on the substitution of sales for library check outs.
I tend to view libraries in a more traditional fashion than many do now, i.e. less about whatever is popular at the moment and more focused on books of long lasting value.
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