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Originally Posted by MGlitch
No, you're looking at it from a consumer point of view, not from a business point of view.
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No I am not. I am looking at it from the publishers point of view. Every time they sell, they make money. Every single time. Whether they sell it to the library or through an ebook retailer. Obviously the profit margin in the new release window is too low on the sales to the library in the publishers eye. They are not losing money by giving the ebook away for free to the library. They are certainly not paying the library to take the ebook. They are losing potential profit on higher profit margin to sales to individual readers. Very big distinction.