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I think this is a really, really great idea -- I'd be happy to donate e-books to the Toronto Public Library that I'd just as soon buy anyway. (Even if there is a premium to pay, maybe it's a tax deductible gift?) Like anything from Ian Rankin or Canadian Louise Penny or Robert B. Parker. But so much of their stuff, although available as e-books, isn't on Overdrive.
And what about specialist collections -- like the mysteries by gay authors Josh Lanyon, Robert Stevenson or Dorien Grey? Suddenly, does US religious politics drive the choice for Canadian libraries?
What I am trying to understand is: are libraries which use Overdrive limited to whatever content Overdrive deems acceptable? Or can a library buy anything they want and simply use the Overdrive system to manage the lending / DRM process?
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