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Originally Posted by crane3
I don't know how ebooks are purchased by the libraries but in my area multiple copies of printed books are bought.
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In the last decade, libraries have migrated to leasing popular pbooks. I've forgotten what book it was, but the library started out with 200 copies, dropped to 100 copies six months out, 50 copies at a year out, 5 copies two years out, and 1 copy three year out. The only copy they purchased, was that single copy, three years after the lease on the original 200 had expired.
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The (my) county library system should have available the same number of copies of ebooks as that of the printed books for lending to the public. Cannot understand why the restrictions on the number of copies on ebooks vs the pbooks purchased. Is there a much higher markup for ebooks so that the libraries won't purchase as many pbooks?
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A library can have multiple copies of the ebook, but it comes down to "do we have 2 copies of the latest Harry Potter, or do we have one copy of the latest Harry Potter, and one copy of whatever is #1 on the NY Times Best Seller list?"