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Originally Posted by leebase
Only if...? If someone checks out a book from the library, who would have purchased it, that's a loss for the publisher.
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I think you're making the same faulty assumption that the publishers made. They assume that all those who borrow an eBook at the library would have bought one if the book wasn't available — that each a book that is lent is a loss in sales. They're wrong. Many (if not most) of those who borrow the book at the library would not have bought (or read) the book at all. So the publisher's "loss" is actually a gain. They at least made
some money by selling to the library.