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> I don’t understand why they took this risk. They, and many other people around the world, got it into their minds that Covid had suspended all normal rules a
by stametseater 4y ago
> I don’t understand why they took this risk.
They, and many other people around the world, got it into their minds that Covid had suspended all normal rules and left them free to do whatever they thought to be a reasonable response to the circumstance, which in this case was "the normal libraries are closed so we'll give out free access to all our books."
- duxup 4y agoIt’s so strange as my library has ebooks. The libraries were still available in pretty much the same way.
- monetus 4y agoDoes your library restrict the number of copies they "loan" out? I have waited for 6 months to check out an audiobook, and sometimes a few months for other less popular ebooks where they only have 1 license.
- duxup 4y agoThey do, but I've never had a long wait. Maybe it depends on the book / I haven't wanted a high demand book and just not run into it.
- stametseater 4y agoMy library has ebooks too, but the collection is abysmal compared to Archive.org. Archive.org digitized a ton of books that you'll be very hard pressed to find ebooks of for sale let alone in public libraries (except Library Genesis, Z-Lib, etc.) Archive.org's error wasn't in believing that their act would be useful. The error was in their belief that laws were effectively suspended "because Covid".
- duxup 4y agoYeah I got no problem with them being an elibrary. I agree 100% the "because covid" thing was just dumb.