Planet Money had a great episode on why libraries don't have unlimited copies of e-books, but mostly amounts to the balance of trying to make books accessible & affordable / while also making sure authors get a living wage and compensation for writing books. Also something about how a physical book at a library will eventually get worn out after a certain number of circulations, but an e-book could be checked out forever without degrading, so they have to limit the number of times it can be checked out
Planet Money had a great episode on why libraries don't have unlimited copies of e-books, but mostly amounts to the balance of trying to make books accessible & affordable / while also making sure authors get a living wage and compensation for writing books. Also something about how a physical book at a library will eventually get worn out after a certain number of circulations, but an e-book could be checked out forever without degrading, so they have to limit the number of times it can be checked out
I’ll have to listen!! Thank you!!