[derefr]

> Plus I can read a free copy at my local library, or at NYPL, anonymously.

Now that would be an innovation: libraries providing access to commercial streaming-media services, through your library membership. Much like they provide access to scientific-journal subscriptions, or e-book services.

With the proliferation of different streaming services, it almost seems like an inevitability.

[SomeOldThrow]

To my understanding this is already available at many public libraries.

[Endy]

Audiobook streaming has become a standard service of local libraries.