A vendor somewhere had to try this approach: metered reading. And now someone has. Yoav Lorch is the engaging and insightful CEO of an Israeli company called Total Boox. I met with him at PLA in March, and got a guided tour of his product. Total Boox is based on the premise that most of the usage limits that apply to physical books make no sense at all when applied to their digital counterparts. Only one person can read the book at a time? People have to wait for the book to come back? The book is now due whether or not you’ve finished it, and you can't renew it? For crying out loud (thinks the library patron), why? It’s a computer file, right? Has no one (for instance, librarians) heard of file sharing? So far, the problem has been that there is no commonly accepted method of checking out ebooks that balances the sincere desire of all parties that there be payment for each use while taking advantage of the technological advantages of the ebook. Enter Total BooX...

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