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Old 06-12-2022, 11:03 PM   #12
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In my ignorance I thought that they bought and own "a copy" and can do anything they want as long as only one person is reading it at a time.
That was what I though until an IT person who works at a local library corrected my thoughts a few years back.

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So you're saying that when I check out a book, besides denying other, I am actually eating into an asset? Yikes!
I try to avoid doing that and only check out a book when I have time to read it. This has required putting a book back on hold a couple of times.

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I try to be good, I only check out a book when I'm empty, not to put it on the stack. Most of my libraries have a minimum 7 day checkout and I use that. One library also has 2 and 4 day checkout.

OTOH, I've had the experience of getting a book for 7 days and realizing that it's actually 800 pages of densonium!
I use 7 days as my default as well though I have changed it to a higher number when checking out longer books. One recent omnibus ran to ~5800 pages which even for me, takes a while to read not to mention stopping to read other books as palate refreshers when my brain started to fry. I was just happy that I got the ebook since the pbook came in two volumes suitable for door stoppers.
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