E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way

Exorbitant costs and restrictive licenses are obstructing libraries’ efforts to resist book bans via access to e-books.

The past few years have seen record e-book lending for libraries — as well as record profits for OverDrive, the company that provides e-books access for 95 percent of libraries in the U.S. (OverDrive’s profits have trickled up — the company was bought by the private equity firm K.K.R. in 2015.) But as library e-book lending has taken off, so has another trend: book bans. Book bans...

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