[Rebecca Giblin, Jenny Kennedy, Charlotte Pelletier, Julian Thomas, Kimberlee G. Weatherall and Francois Petitjean] Abstract: We investigated the relative availability of e-books to libraries for e-lending in five English-language countries, and analysed their licence terms and prices. ... Price and licence differences across countries are largely attributable to ‘Big 5’ publishers. Prices are largely independent of title age (unless the title is in the public domain) or the rights libraries obtain in exchange. Licence terms are not affected by age either, meaning that the most restrictive terms are often applied to older, less demanded books.