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Originally Posted by murraypaul
That seems an ... odd argument, seeing as libraries can buy as many physical copies as they wish. They can only lend out one physical copy at a time, as they can only lend out one eBook licence at a time. But they can have many physical copies, but are only allowed to have one eBook licence.
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Except libraries are restricted by the laws of physics with how many physical copies they can have in any one branch way more than they are with ebooks. Something that fits in the palm of my hand can hold billions of ebooks. Try holding even a hundred copies of a book.
Physical books also do not walk themselves back to the library on their due dates. I'll ignore the wear and tear issue since most of the time a book will last longer than the 90 day restriction that exists for ebooks by a not insignificant amount before it needs to be repaired or replaced.