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Originally Posted by pwalker8
In general, books, movies and music are not fungible. Perhaps there are some for whom one book is as good as the next, but the entertainment industry is driven by best sellers. Even in the indie industry, the best selling authors drive the industry.
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Yeah, they're fungible. Not in the aggregate; indies are not a substitute for trad pub, but individual titles are mostly fungible. I.e., one can always find a book to read and most are willing and able to practice some self-restraint when necessary in terms of accessing a particular title.
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Originally Posted by meeera
The limited checkout time is even more of a reason, if you ask me (and a fair few people I know), if the book has a hold list. You can't choose when you read the book, or how long you take.
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It was a big improvement when OverDrive allowed you to manage your hold list; if a book is likely to be available to you at a bad time or too many at once, you can delay them to a better time. This is in fact far better than the waitlist option on paper books at the real library, in my experience.
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Originally Posted by meeera
Paying late fees is not a "friction" because I don't incur them.
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Late fees are a big advantage of paper library books. They're a tool for managing books you can't read in the available window and retaining them until you're done. Unlike OD, where the books won't open once they're due.