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Old 08-25-2009, 11:48 AM   #116
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Originally Posted by Lilly View Post
I don't think the library addition will be offer outside of the US. US libraries are tax payer funded.
UK libraries are also funded from local and national taxes. As far as I know UK libraries are rather behind the USA in terms of offering ebooks for loan.

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Originally Posted by Ervserver View Post
I would think publishers hate this...the ability to check out ebooks for free They don't make any money. If the ebook wave really catches on many more people will stop buying books, or at least not as many
Don't know about USA practice, but here in UK we have PLR - Public Lending Right. Each year, selected libraries record the loans they make. This information is used to calculate payments to authors. Doesn't significantly help the publishers though. The argument here has always been that public libraries' purchases stimulate the publishing market and that the people who borrow from libraries would probably not buy books themselves.
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