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> My own opinion is that Controlled Digital Lending should become the norm, because it closely mirrors the way we already deal with lended print materials. Thi
by newswasboring 6y ago
> My own opinion is that Controlled Digital Lending should become the norm, because it closely mirrors the way we already deal with lended print materials.
This seems like a band aid solution. Like hacking old code to run on a new machine, totally disregarding why we build the new machine in the first place. I personally don't know what should be a good model for digital lending but it can be different from how we do it with physical books. This kind of band aid thinking will just cause more legacy issues in the future and may also detract from really taking advantage of the new format.
Actually can you explain why you think the licensing model will work for some books and not others? How will volume of demand impact this?
- jawns 6y agoFor books that are in high demand, let's say you pay $25 to buy the book outright, but you can then lend it as many times as you want. Assuming it's always checked out for two weeks, that's 26 readers a year who benefit, at a cost of less than $1 per reader per year. But in a typical library, most books in the catalog are checked out infrequently. It might not make financial sense to purchase those books outright. But if a library can pay a licensing fee on a per-checkout basis, then it can expand its offerings.