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Originally Posted by haertig
Not recently, but in years past I have donated books to libraries. They were gladly accepted. Never once did I donate anything other than a "regular retail copy". And never once did the library ask me how I had acquired the book, what license I had, how much I had paid, etc.
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The whole first sale discussion above has me second guessing the whole matter, HOWEVER, IF IT IS TRUE that libraries have to pay for the license to lend, even if that license is paid for in the cost of a library edition of the book, it doesn't mean the license is bound to only that physical copy.
If they have right to lend x number copies, say, and some books are lost or damaged, surely they can replace the paper item with any other from any source.
As I say, I'm questioning now whether the premise is true, but IF it is, obtaining retail or donated copies of stuff that they already license would still be consistent. Indeed, when we've had to replace a lost or damaged library book, it didn't strike me as odd that we could obtain the replacement from any source.