From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:35:23 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-28 20:38, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:23:25 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But if I go to the "Casa del Libro" place and choose some books, I can   
   >>> not go to the counter and have them downloaded or added to my account.   
   >>> That's my complaint.   
   >>   
   >> That applies to music too. For a while a traditional CD store would   
   >> download a digital album and burn it to a CD for you but it wasn't   
   >> sustainable. There were several used bookstores in town and there is   
   >> one left. It's the same problem. What's a used digital book?   
   >   
   > I don't know if a digital book is transferable (with DRM). Something   
   > similar to what libraries do.   
      
   I get digital books from the library in two ways. Most current titles go   
   through Amazon and are delivered to my Kindle. When I am through reading   
   it I go to the Amazon site and 'return' the book. There's also an   
   expiration date but while I 'have' the book it can't be lent to someone   
   else. It's the same model as hardcopy books.   
      
   The other was is a 'libby' app on my tablet.   
      
   https://sfpl.libanswers.com/faq/129917   
      
   I don't know why some books use one or the other.  I did notice something   
   skimming the SFPL description. Amazon, and now I think libby, keeps a list   
   of what I have checked out. Several years back the library structured the   
   process for physical books so they only had a record of who had the book   
   when it was checked out. They did not keep any record of who had checked   
   out a particular book. When the Feds showed up and asked who had ever   
   checked out 'Bomb Making Simplified' they could answer 'We don't know'   
      
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