If it's simpler and more convenient to just buy the paper book, then the existing ebook model is broken. (alistapart.com)
Let's hope this initiative will be a step in publishers, content providers, and libraries working together more closely to improve existing library eBook models. (readersfirst.org)
Public libraries in particular have struggled with ebooks for the past 20 years because many ebook models don't allow simultaneous access. (americanlibrariesmagazine.org)