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Amazon, E-books, Copyright, and Libraries

Amazon refuses to allow libraries to purchase copies of the e-books they publish. That means more than 10,000 e-books and tens of thousands of audiobooks are simply not available to our patrons.

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The Other Side of Copyright

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