Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by jcranmer on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:24PM
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One issue I have with borrowing ebooks is that, while typically there's ~1 copy per branch of physical books, there's ~1 copy per library system of ebooks, which makes trying to borrow ebooks unnecessarily frustrating. I'm not entirely certain who's to blame for this disparity, but it does exist, and I would love to see it rectified.
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Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by toast0 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:42PM
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There's been some hubub recently about publishers limiting the number of new books for eLending, but for books older than about 6 months? the number of eLending copies is determined by your library system to balance use and cost, although some of the eLending pricing is pretty sketchy though, I think I saw some books are priced at $x for 1 year or N borrows, whichever comes first.