I'm a librarian by trade and exclusive deals are the bane of our existence. Whether its scholarly journals or popular ebooks, it's an incredibly inefficient way

I'm a librarian by trade and exclusive deals are the bane of our existence. Whether its scholarly journals or popular ebooks, it's an incredibly inefficient way for us to provide service. Just the overhead of supporting multiple platforms is problematic, never mind how inconvenient it might be for the user.