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Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie
The library issue (have to buy the same # of Ebooks as you want to lend) has already caused issues in Kansas - where we use the State Library to download.
Newly released books can have a very long list of people waiting for the book - and unless they take time to "return the book," it's an automatic 2 weeks per person. Right now, they only have 47 epub books available for the whole state.
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Here in Holland (and other european countries) the libraries pay royalties to the authors every year based on how often a book is borrowed. While the authority that is supposed to make sure the authors get their money is fairly incompetent (due to lack of oversight ensuring they do their job right), this would eliminate the problem you're having over there with having "enough available copies".