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Originally Posted by meeera
It's not frictionless. You wait your turn (which can be many months), then can only check the ebook out for a limited period. If it were truly frictionless, ebook sales of books available at libraries would be zero.
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You make my point. The easier it is to check out a book from the library, the less incentive anybody would have to buy the book.
Before ebooks:
You have to leave your house and go to the library.
You have to locate and then check out the book.
You have to pay your late fees before being able to check out the book.
You have to deal with books others have read with their booger’s and Cheeto dust on the pages
You have to remember to take the book back
You have to find the book somewhere in your house
You have to take the book back and drop it off
Vs....now
You open and app, search for your book, and instantly download it to your device.
You are right about the hassle of waiting which remains about the sole reason for buying the book.
Ergo...by raising prices on ebooks sold to libraries...fewer copies will be purchased...meaning longer wait times....meaning fewer people will opt to check out for free vs simply buying the book right now.