“Most public libraries would be better off without books. All of the books in the average public library exist in digital form.” Not only is this wildly inaccu

“Most public libraries would be better off without books. All of the books in the average public library exist in digital form.” Not only is this wildly inaccurate, but even if it were true, it would be prohibitively expensive to acquire digital copies of all print books “in the average public library”. It’s worth noting that not all publishers who make ebooks available to libraries use the ownership model; many lease copies, meaning that the library would have to pay for copies again after a certain amount of time had passed or after a certain number of checkouts.