[ SECRET POST #6803 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6803 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I work in a library (though not in Collections, so I might get some of the finer details wrong here), and your comment is largely correct but missing a bit of information. Single-copy books available for Libby follow one or more of the following purchase models:

1) The library rents the ebook or audiobook for a certain period of time--usually one or two years.
2) The library rents it for a certain number of user checkouts--usually 26 or 52.
3) The library rents it for a certain period of time or a certain number of checkouts, whichever comes first.
4) The library purchases it and gets to keep it forever.

For most ebooks/audiobooks, libraries don't get a choice of purchase model. Libby tells you whether it can be purchased or rented, and if the latter, the terms of the rental, and you have to decide whether that purchase model suits your library's needs and is worth the cost.

Speaking of which, the cost of ebooks/audiobooks on Libby is wildly unpredictable. Your library may be able to purchase an ebook for a few dollars and keep it forever, or they may need to spend over a hundred dollars to rent a book for a year. Self-published ebooks tend to fall on the low end of the scale while popular books from big publishers usually fall on the high end, but there's no way of knowing for certain without checking. Audiobooks are always expensive--the only question is how expensive--but on the plus side, they're far more likely to be available as a one-time purchase instead of a rental.

Also, lots of ebooks/audiobooks aren't available for libraries to rent/purchase for Libby at all, even if the ebook/audiobook exists and can be purchased by an individual consumer.

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Just to clarify, your average popular mainstream book on Libby doesn't cost your library $100+. Ebooks that expensive are outliers. But there's a very good chance it cost your library $50 for a rental.