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Submitted: April 9, 2012 - 8:52pm
Originally published: April 9, 2012
Last updated: April 9, 2012 - 8:57pm
Originally published: April 9, 2012
Last updated: April 9, 2012 - 8:57pm
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Laura Hazard Owen
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The American Library Association’s “The 2012 State of America’s Libraries” notes that over 67 percent of U.S. libraries now offer downloadable e-books and 28 percent lend out e-readers “and other mobile devices” to patrons, but “when Random House increased its e-book prices by 100% to 200%” the “dialogue between the publishing and library communities concerning ebooks… moved to a front burner.”
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