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No, it really isn't. Library contracts for digital lending vary based on publisher and service provider, but aside from some very small publishers (if that), th
by dhosek 6y ago
No, it really isn't. Library contracts for digital lending vary based on publisher and service provider, but aside from some very small publishers (if that), there is no publisher that allows for unlimited unmetered lending of e-books and certainly not for the price of a print book. Note also that physical books face physical wear and usually have to be retired after 25–40 (at most) lends.
- nix23 6y ago>allows for unlimited unmetered lending of e-books It is metered, you can lend max 5 book for max of 1 month. >Note also that physical books face physical wear and usually have to be retired after 25–40 (at most) lends Is that something positive? Should we go back to DVD because publishers would love that, or is streaming still ok?
- dhosek 6y agoIt's an observation that points out that physical books are not being lent out hundred or thousands of times so the physical book argument (or the digitized physical book argument) don't hold water.
- nix23 6y agoI never said anything about physical book's, many public-library have already e-books, like research-papers and so on.
- dhosek 6y agoSorry, lots of commentary. The IA lending is premised on the idea that a physical book can be lent an unlimited number of times. Public library lending of e-books is premised on limited number of lends with most lends (Libby/Media on Demand being the most common of these, but there are other programs as well that work the same such as 3M's digital library offering). With Hoopla, there's a per-lend charge that takes place.