难以预料的实体书借阅经济
<p><span word="LIKE">LIKE</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tired">tired</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="libraries">libraries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="publishers">publishers</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reassuringly">reassuringly</span> <span word="dull">dull</span>. <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="books">books</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="heartache">heartache</span>. <span word="Libraries">Libraries</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="wares">wares</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="publishers">publishers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="wary">wary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="piracy">piracy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="operate">operate</span>. <span word="Among">Among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="six">six</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="Random">Random</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</span> <span word="license">license</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="books">books</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="libraries">libraries</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="requests">requests</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reluctantly">reluctantly</span> <span word="experimenting">experimenting</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="August">August</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="Penguin">Penguin</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="libraries">libraries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>.</p><p>就像是一个令人疲惫的婚姻，图书馆和出版商之间长期存在着无聊的关系。然而，电子书的出现引起了它们的心痛。图书馆知道，如果它们想保持自己存在的价值，就需要数字化的设备，但对于许多出版商而言，由于在盗版和失去销量问题上太过谨慎的态度，而不予合作。在最大的六家出版商中，只有兰登书屋和哈珀?柯林斯出版社授予了绝大多数图书馆电子书的许可。其它出版社或是拒绝了这项要求，或是在勉强进行试用。例如，在八月份，企鹅出版社将在纽约的公共图书馆开始试验。</p><p><span word="Publishers">Publishers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="wise">wise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="nervous">nervous</span>. <span word="Owners">Owners</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="exactly">exactly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span>: <span word="book">book</span>-<span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="money">money</span> (<span word="neither">neither</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="broadband">broadband</span> <span word="connections">connections</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span>). <span word="If">If</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="wonderful">wonderful</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="switch">switch</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="borrowing">borrowing</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="books">books</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="then">then</span>?</p><p>出版商感到紧张是明智的。电子阅读器的所有者们恰恰是他们需要的顾客：有钱（而既不是设备或是便宜的宽带连接）的爱书人。如果这些了不起的人们由借阅电子书而变为购买电子书，将会怎样呢？</p>
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