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Comment by KanyeBest

8 years ago

Libraries buy the books and pay a royalty to whoever owns the rights.

In some cases this is based on a voluntary contract and in some it is based on a public lending right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right

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