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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9864948" data-attributes="member: 42040">I just wanted to come in with a perspective from a different industry. Digital book aren't always &quot;forever&quot; - it's already not for your public library. So I'm in charge of digital content ordering for my library. The licenses we purchase for eBooks and eAudiobooks are &quot;rentals.&quot; Different publishers have different terms of purchase. Sometimes we pay the company $1-5 per book download. Sometimes we purchase a set of circulations, usually 26 checkouts, before the item &quot;expires.&quot; Others are based on time lengths, expiring after 1 or 2 years. And those licenses cost far more than you'd expect. We don't get a PDF &quot;discount&quot; like you see in the RPG industry or what you'd pay for a Kindle book. We're spending $60-$100 or more for each of those licenses that expire in 1-2 years.Publishers can control everything about the usage of digital books that libraries access. I expect this to catch-on with the RPG industry where your PDFs expire and you have to purchase new copies - and you can't lend or share (or print).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 9864948, member: 42040"] I just wanted to come in with a perspective from a different industry. Digital book aren't always "forever" - it's already not for your public library. So I'm in charge of digital content ordering for my library. The licenses we purchase for eBooks and eAudiobooks are "rentals." Different publishers have different terms of purchase. Sometimes we pay the company $1-5 per book download. Sometimes we purchase a set of circulations, usually 26 checkouts, before the item "expires." Others are based on time lengths, expiring after 1 or 2 years. And those licenses cost far more than you'd expect. We don't get a PDF "discount" like you see in the RPG industry or what you'd pay for a Kindle book. We're spending $60-$100 or more for each of those licenses that expire in 1-2 years. Publishers can control everything about the usage of digital books that libraries access. I expect this to catch-on with the RPG industry where your PDFs expire and you have to purchase new copies - and you can't lend or share (or print). [/QUOTE]

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