The E-Book Dilemma: Why Library Wait Times Are So Long

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The E-Book Dilemma: Why Library Wait Times Are So Long

First of all, let me promise that we librarians are just as frustrated by this as you are. I recently waited over a year for the e-audiobook version of Tess of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. If I had put a hold on a paper copy through the library, I likely would have gotten to read it within a month. So, what gives?This is an issue so widespread that even NPR chimed in on it recently. As their reporter Andrew Limbong explains, prices for …