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Originally Posted by hobnail
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.
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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.