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Old 07-29-2020, 06:30 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
It was right there in front of me with that I in the white circle. I've never seen one where the borrowing duration can be changed.
Recently introduced because of "Internet Archive sued by Big Publishers".

For more details on that lending period specifically, check out the Internet Archive's statistics in:

"Sizzle Then Fizzle: Buzzy Titles and Borrowing Digitized Books"

90% of books are only opened/read for <1 hour and never touched again. Being locked for a full 14 days would prevent hundreds of people from being able to borrow such a book.
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