Digital reading soars in Seattle, creating problems for local libraries [KUOW]
https://www.kuow.org/stories/digital-reading-soars-in-seattle-creating-problems-for-local-libraries
https://www.kuow.org/stories/digital-reading-soars-in-seattle-creating-problems-for-local-libraries
6 Comments
IamSparticles@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2y
I'd be curious what the rationale is for publishers charging libraries more for digital copies than they do for print.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Because they can.
kinther@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Great to see we have so many readers in our area.
Shitty to see publishers price gouging, but not unexpected in a capitalist hellscape.
SeaJ@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Seriously. They are charging more for an ebook than an audiobook. That is batshit.
brotkel@programming.dev · -1 pts · 2y
I wonder how much it affects libraries that I can also walk a block in any direction and find a Little Free Library in one of my neighbor’s front yards. These certainly don’t replace the need for libraries, but I’d also have to pass up a lot of free books on my way to the library if I ever ran out of reading material.
SeaJ@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Honestly, I doubt those affect things very much. I think I have seen decent stuff maybe once or if every 20 times I walk by a little free library. I am generally looking for a specific book when going to the library or getting an ebook from there.