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Originally Posted by Gardenman
One thing that has not been talked about yet. What about the person who reads a library book and likes the author so much they go and buy other books the author has written. Without the library book those sales would not have happened
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Yes, and I'm sure the publishers factor this creation of future sales in to their decision making.
I think most of us, with the exception of Jon who thinks a business making a bad decision to collude means they forever do not know what they're doing, would agree the publishers know how to run a business. Otherwise they would not be in business.
And for the record I'm not trying to set libraries up as the villains in this whole situation. Only that having to wait 90 days in order to purchase multiple licenses for ebooks which are available for purchase, poses a significant threat to the well being of the book reading populace. It will be an inconvenience for some sure, but they will still have the ability to read the book for free.