Your public library is being gouged by Big Publishing, which has captured control of the e-book "marketplace".
Absurdly high prices and limitations are the result, with libraries forced to "buy" (license) ebooks over and over again at extortionate prices, leaving them with fewer resources for other important services.
To better understand what the publishers are doing, check out the excellent explainers from Library Futures.
Some publishers sell ebooks without restrictions via Overdrive. But you can't donate an ebook to a library, I found out. :(
You can buy Book View Cafe ebooks at a reasonable price.
I get that there is a serious problem, but what can we as library patrons do about it?
Drop in the bucket, but yes. Also, jump drives are a non-starter. I would hope by now everyone knows never to plug in an unknown thumbdrive.
this didn't explain anything. who is doing what? i need to know. amazon? barnes and noble? rakuten kobo?
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