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Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks. (lithub.com)
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Check if it’s available on your library website first, for the sake of the author.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I mean authors don’t see money anytime someone rents an ebook do they? Libraries just need to pay for licenses to the publisher annually from what I’ve read on reddit/Lemmy.

    I can understand renting ebooks so that your library continues to fund a digital library, but if the book is available in paper form that doesn’t really benefit the author either.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Authors receive 25% of the ebook sale to a library in the US. Frequent lends will also influence future purchases made by the library.

    https://janefriedman.com/what-do-authors-earn-from-digital-lending-at-libraries/

    Libraries in Canada and the UK pay royalties for each lend.

    https://societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lending-right-plr/

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's not a great deal for the libraries. They ebooks can come with a limited number of checkouts and cost far more.

    I switched to Kobo and have been very happy so far. I was able to download my books from Amazon and mumble and then I was able to read them on my Kobo device and store them in my Calibre library.

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