The parent post makes the unwise choice of using the word "copy" to mean "duplicate". They intend to say "libraries do not distribute duplicates of purchased b

The parent post makes the unwise choice of using the word "copy" to mean "duplicate". They intend to say "libraries do not distribute duplicates of purchased books; they distribute the originals". Unfortunately the word "copy" could also mean "the books purchased by the library". Of course the library distributes purchased books. They just don't scan the books, print fascimiles of those books on new paper, and then distribute those prints they made themselves.