National Emergency Library

Karunamon wrote: post #5

aiscapehumanity wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can be re-borrowed instantly though.

Not much help in an emergency, though.

The emergency it's meant to cover is the fact that all the actual libraries are closed, not to replace owning books.

Re: National Emergency Library

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Post by 8bitsrule » Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 3:56 AM UTC

If you go to the site and click the 'Views' sort-by, you'll see the most popular titles. For some reason, #1 at the moment, by a factor of 3, is Sylvia Brown's 2008 End of Days. Go figure. Brown was 'a medium with psychic abilities.'

Yep, that's where we're at. Viewed 20 times more than 'You Can Negotiate Anything'.

Re: National Emergency Library

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Post by Rebelgecko » Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 4:00 AM UTC

Does anyone know how they're legally able to do this, when publishers make my local library buy a license for every concurrent copy of an ebook that someone checks out?

Re: National Emergency Library

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Post by jrwr » Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 4:01 AM UTC

Rebelgecko wrote: post #8

Does anyone know how they're legally able to do this, when publishers make my local library buy a license for every concurrent copy of an ebook that someone checks out?

A lot of their books are 1 person checkout only

and they do have exemptions from DMCA somewhat

Re: National Emergency Library

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Post by leephillips » Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 4:03 AM UTC

Rebelgecko wrote: post #8

Does anyone know how they're legally able to do this, when publishers make my local library buy a license for every concurrent copy of an ebook that someone checks out?

They are not. They are violating copyright law, and stealing from writers and publishers. Twitter is full of complaints by writers who discovered their illegally scanned books here, pointing out that this will make it harder for them to eat and pay rent during the isolation period.