To be fair, there should be a side-by-side comparison to see the costs associated with purchasing a hardback book and purchasing an ebook license. We do know that a library will loan the hardback book until it is not possible to do so any longer. Then it will probably be sold at library book sales.
In the long and short run, we are all paying whatever price the library must pay for these books through whatever means the library is funded at your location.
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