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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
What I was wondering about is if the library eBook offerings were something that might be unavailable some place else.
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If you count
https://openlibrary.org/, yes. However, those books are uncorrected scans. When I go to that web site, it says at the top of the home page:
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Hello! The State of Pennsylvania is participating in our eBook lending program
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So I suppose it is somehow funded by my tax dollars, just like the library down the street.
The closest example I can think of beyond this is when you pay an out of area fee to a library and live in another country where the set of marketed eBooks is somewhat different.
Perhaps there have been a very few ebooks where the library bought a long term license from Overdrive, and then the ebook stopped being marketed. If I notice one, maybe I'll remember to revive this thread when I find it.