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> There is absolutely no reason that a kid should have to wait in a queue to borrow an e-book because the 3 "copies" they have are already in use. There defini
by sparrc 5y ago
> There is absolutely no reason that a kid should have to wait in a queue to borrow an e-book because the 3 "copies" they have are already in use.
There definitely is a reason, it keeps the cost fixed for the library. Libraries have a fixed budget, they can't pay per-use because they don't receive income per-use.
- esrauch 5y agoI think op is arguing that somewhere libraries should be able to have reasonably fixed budgets and not have this constraint, though more aggressive legislation that weakens publisher's rights. I think it's possible with things like reducing copyright durations entirely to get a healthier public domain offering instead of books written by people whose grandchildren or even great-grandchildren have died of old age still covered by copyright. I actually just checked and I think there's no infinity copy ebooks on Libby at all; even books that are long since in the public domain have a fixed number of copies to borrow that presumably the library is still paying someone for per-copy.