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Originally Posted by Quoth
The library ALSO buys the books.
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Which is a one-off cost, for a book that then lasts years.
KU works out much more profitable for books that have a steady level of popularity.
The books that you lose out on are the ones that have a surge of initial demand, so the library buys lots of copies of, but then little demand after that. And as the publisher/author can choose which books to put in KU and which not to, I would expect them to take account of that when making the decision.
It is swings and roundabouts, some books are better of one way, some the other. It certainly doesn't seem to be the massive swindle you seem to think it is. I'm honestly still expecting someone to point out a arithmetic mistake, as KU seems a lot better that I expected it to be.