shadesofmauve:

akameniseis:

this, on the other hand, is not adorable.

how can an ebook even have a limited number of copies @jinandtakaya @shadesofmauve can you explain this to me

(I’m assuming the answer is something something licensing something $$$$$$ but that doesn’t make it less weird.)

False scarcity bullshit. Publishers and Ebook distributers wanted at LEAST as much profit as they get w traditional books, so they place arbitrary limitations to make a digital, infinitely copyable resource work as much like a physical book as possible, if not worse. Ebook contracts usually only allow a finite number of checkouts before they must by repurchased, too.

To the intense annoyance of basicaly everyone.

And there I was thinking the electrons got worn out.