nostr:npub19p5p8m0m9ygmswn38f57f7lnrz0fpkv8x9t47r4hkqhh5thud6uqdww0v0 Overdrive was haunted from the very beginning by the idea that library lending must be necessarily made awkward and inconvenient so that it doesn’t interfere with _actual book sales_. The whole thing is burdened with an unnecessary “check out the book and return it” metaphor that’s actively ridiculous for digital files.
nostr:npub1dvdcupztwzszz8u0ld9ptuf78jaqd43mhsfwf2d8ezwhz6tz2z0shxh0ph except for the vast majority of authors, the money their books earn from library lending is hugely important. They shouldn't have to write for "passion and exposure" just because some capitalists are strip mining a company. I'd rather keep libraries the gold standard than concede and make writing an even more untenable pursuit for 99% of authors.
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nostr:npub19p5p8m0m9ygmswn38f57f7lnrz0fpkv8x9t47r4hkqhh5thud6uqdww0v0 nobody *really* believes that people should have open access to books for free unless they’re very poor and don’t mind the inconvenience of waiting in a bread line they imagined out of whole cloth and paid to create.