![]() ![]() Canadian Libraries cannot provide access to Kindle-formatted books through Amazon. *Digital prices for consumers are pulled from the Kobo store. ![]() All of these costs are decided by the publishers. The library has no negotiating power when it comes to the costs we pay for digital books. When you buy a digital book, you have the license to own that copy of the book forever. The library never owns a permanent copy of a digital book, unlike when the library buys a physical book, and has to repurchase the license when it either A) reaches the 1-year expiry date or B) has been borrowed 26 times. When the library buys a digital book, what we actually purchase is often a 1-year (or 26 checkout) license to share the digital book. The library would love to buy every digital book available to us, but the problem comes down to cost. Why doesn't the library just buy more digital books and audiobooks? Let's try to answer some of those questions. Have you ever wondered why the library just doesn't buy more digital books? Or why does it take so long to get your audiobooks you've had on hold since forever in cloudLibrary? ![]()
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