Axios: “Librarians are mounting a fierce state-by-state battle against the high prices they pay to provide patrons with e-books — so far, with little to show for it.
Why it matters: The ongoing dispute threatens library patrons’ access to e-books.
Where it stands: Publishers typically require libraries to renew the license to each e-book every two years, or after 26 loans — policies that libraries call prohibitively expensive.

• This restricts the number of e-books — particularly popular bestsellers — that they can lend out to patrons, who are angry and baffled by the limitations.
• Readers love the free (to them) apps that allow them to borrow countless e-books and audiobooks: Libby (the dominant one, run by OverDrive) and hoopla.
• But some libraries say that the cost of renewing their contracts with OverDrive and hoopla are prohibitive, so they’re dropping the apps — hoopla in particular.

See also Library Futures Draft Ebook Legislation