How do online libraries “run out” of copies of e-books?

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I’m kinda stupid, but aren’t they just sharing a downloaded document?

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The license agreements they use to purchase them for renting out only allows them to lend out so many copies at once. This is a restriction put in by the publisher so that there is artificial scarcity, increasing the likelihood that someone will just buy the book themselves when it’s not available.

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