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I am guessing this is a move by Overdrive to try and offer a "value-add" for their customers (libraries) as I'm pretty sure the library pays EVERY time a book is checked out, regardless of whether it is read or not. If everyone is just doing an automatic checkout, that could lead to a LOT of unread books and a fair bit of excess revenue for Overdrive! Perhaps they are having trouble negotiating their contract renewals, what with the news of the sale from Kobo... That's about the only reason I could see Overdrive implementing this "willingly" if it actually impacts their bottom line.
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