I guess we're ignoring the part where I explained I've been running my own digital library for the public (for almost 20 years now) and how the original article

I guess we're ignoring the part where I explained I've been running my own digital library for the public (for almost 20 years now) and how the original article is about digital lending and how publishers are trying to kill it. But re: building a physical library, most of us (myself included) don't even have the capital to own the places where we live. Buying (or renting) another space is totally out of the question. Tiny libraries (essentially large mailbox size) in people's yards are cool and I've put some books into them before. Saying "Just build a library." is out of touch. And even if it was a community project (time is money) that succeeded we'd have the publishers come in with legal attacks to try to shut down digital lending.