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I've no idea at all how many ex pats like me live in countries where their own language is not their first and who find local libraries in their adopted countries pretty useless to them ... but there must be countless millions of us.
With this in mind, I'm pretty sure that the first (say English language) big central library that opens to paying e-reading guests from overseas will be onto a winner.
These days, libraries need all the income they can get, and it's pretty obvious from a recent wave of closures that local authorities are struggling to support them from the local rates and taxes.
I suggested this paying-guest membership initiative to a few UK libraries last year. I'm still awaiting replies.
Cheers. Neil
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