Yes but also the more people that want e-books the more the library has to pay. I listened in on a reason they were closing a library branch and one reason was the publishers require full amounts for the e-books to be “licensed” and it only lasts for a couple years. Then they just pay for a full price book license again. So over time it’s so much more expensive as the library has a reoccurring price they have to pay per book and can’t even sell off old books to recoup an initial cost.
They even mentioned on the call that they tried to work with other counties to pool their bargaining power and the publishers don’t care and won’t give out any discounts.
Reacher, invincible as well