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> Basically priming a generation against libraries.

You have left off the abusive terms under which the ebooks are leased to the libraries.

$550 for perpetual access to 1 copy which may only be lent to 1 person at a time.. Yep, abusive.

It's even more gross in my brief research - some publishers will sell a non-perpetual license for about 3-4x what a physical book costs libraries, and that license dies after 2 years or 26 loans, whatever comes first:

https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/ciicm/chapter/pub...

The above source fits with what ChatGPT told me (the chatgpt info is otherwise unverified):

https://chatgpt.com/share/682cffab-65b4-8002-8561-1b5842dc25...

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