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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I'm confused by this sentence.
Most human organizations, in or out of government, will try to preserve their own funding and existence. But that's not a legitimate mission.
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* Note to Pennsylvanians: This is in General OneFile under the Power Library. Using "advanced search" with publication date of today and publication title The New York Times, I get full text of 103 articles in alphabetical order. I also find 22 Washington Post articles dated today, and 48 from the Philadelphia Inquirer. This is a good example of how libraries are making resources public without overly harming the publisher business model. It doesn't cause me to cancel my Washington Post digital subscription, because that way is more convenient. But if I have to cancel due to finances, pay walls won't block me from reading what I consider the best journalism. Windowing sounds to me comparably reasonable for the eBook side.
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I meant to question the value to a library of ebook lending which basically circumvents people going to the library. I think of ebooks as needing technology that “people who need the library to have access to reading material” are not likely to have.
It seems that Overdrive is more about letting middle class and above get books on the cheap....and NOT EVEN go to the library.
What’s the difference between OverDrive and Kindle Unlimited except who is paying for the subscription?