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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/noellemitchell/statuses/112085374037065419">Noelle :verified: (noellemitchell@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:48:54 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noellemitchell" title="noellemitchell@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/99808-48-20240902013051.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Noelle :verified:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Noelle :verified:</a></section><article><p>"The modestly funded West Haven Library has spent more than $12,000 over the last three years to lease just 276 additional digital titles beyond what patrons can access through a consortium of public libraries. Eighty-four of those books are no longer available. If that same amount had been spent on paper books, it would have covered about 800 titles."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reading" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/libraries" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publishing" rel="tag">#publishing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writers" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/news" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/press" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/media" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/libraries-ebooks-publishers-expensive-laws-5d494dbaee0961eea7eaac384b9f75d2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://apnews.com/article/libraries-ebooks-publishers-expensive-laws-5d494dbaee0961eea7eaac384b9f75d2</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2820544#notice-5597564">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-13T22:48:54+09:00" title="Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:48:54 JST">Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:48:54 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noellemitchell/112085374037065419" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noellemitchell/112085374037065419">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: dims.apnews.com</div><h5><a href="https://apnews.com/article/libraries-ebooks-publishers-expensive-laws-5d494dbaee0961eea7eaac384b9f75d2">Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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"The modestly funded West Haven Library has spent more than $12,000 over the last three years to lease just 276 additional digital titles beyond what patrons can access through a consortium of public libraries. Eighty-four of those books are no longer available. If that same amount had been spent on paper books, it would have covered about 800 titles."
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