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However, libraries were never the ruin of publishers before, Weinstein points out, and the lending of e-books need not change that, even as publishers continue to struggle with optimal price points and monetization models in the digital arena.
Some have responded by putting restrictions on lending—such as HarperCollins, which in March limited library check-outs of its e-books to 26 times, pegging the number to estimates of the "wear and tear" on printed copies—or by not allowing lending of their books at all, making the issue of libraries and e-books an important subset of the great digital rights management (DRM) debate.
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- Companies:
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- HarperCollins
- Sony
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- Michael Weinstein
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