http://www.philly.com/news/ebooks-free-library-philadelphia-costs-budget-2019011...
I‘ve often wondered about the cost of ebooks for libraries. Interesting to learn that for one popular book, “after 26 checkouts, the ebook license expires and the library had to purchase another one.”
Mc_cart_ny I've heard that before! It does seem like ebook pricing is really off for libraries... 5y
Bakingbookworm Yes, it‘s ridiculous. I work in a library and ebooks are very popular but the selection is limited (especially here in Canada) and the cost is exorbitant. 5y
Samplergal I had no idea. One more reason to become a Friend of the Library near you. 5y
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LibrarianRyan Trust me I could fill novels with the problems with libraries and ebooks. Ughhhhh 5y
Bookwormjillk Interesting 5y
ReadingSusan Yeah it‘s really sad 😕 My library doesn‘t have ebooks because we can‘t afford to. 5y
RebL Thanks for the link. 5y
PagesByTheWater This was a very interesting article, thank you for sharing. 5y
ohyeahthatgirl It's also mire labor intensive for the cheaper metered access books. One of our librarians has to go through weekly and decide which expired licenses to rebuy. 5y
thebacklistbook Yes this circulating on Twitter as well very important. If any of you have Twitter you should check out the tag #eContentForlibraries 5y
TieDyeDude It has always bothered me how expensive ebooks are. Often times just a couple dollars less than a paperback, sometimes more than a physical book. That's why I never put much stock in ebooks. I mostly use the libraries digital collection for audio, though I can't imagine that being cheap either. 5y
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