01-02-2012, 01:07 PM | #46 |
(he/him/his)
Posts: 12,163
Karma: 79742714
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sunshine Coast, BC
Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8
|
It's all because us evil Kindle owners have taken over the library system, of course.
|
01-02-2012, 01:16 PM | #47 |
Aging Positronic Brain
Posts: 633
Karma: 2155452
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Aurora (when off-Earth)
Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini
|
Yes, it is the massive popularity of the Kindle in all its forms that is causing the slowdown.
At least post hoc ergo propter hoc establishes this as a legitimate cause. Before y'all pull out them sixguns, I was jestin'. |
01-02-2012, 11:35 PM | #48 |
Wizard
Posts: 4,812
Karma: 26912940
Join Date: Apr 2010
Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet
|
My local library (British Columbia) has a limit on holds and books borrowed. I imagine that this causes some people to cancel holds when something else catches their eye, and/or opt for shorter lending periods.
I also agree with a previous poster that more users will in time increase the amount of available books and services. As well even if the book I really really want is unavailable, I have always been able to find something interesting to read. Helen |
01-03-2012, 01:43 AM | #49 | |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
Quote:
Last edited by tubemonkey; 01-03-2012 at 01:51 AM. |
|
01-03-2012, 10:47 AM | #50 | |
Aging Positronic Brain
Posts: 633
Karma: 2155452
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Aurora (when off-Earth)
Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini
|
Quote:
The Help: 100 copies, 453 on wait list, 14-day loan The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 30 copies, 575 wait list, 14-day loan Philadelphia Free library The Help: 32 copies, 280 on wait list, 21-day loan The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 22 copies, 178 wait list, 21-day loan |
|
01-03-2012, 11:01 AM | #51 | |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
Quote:
|
|
01-03-2012, 12:18 PM | #52 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,516
Karma: 2567610
Join Date: Oct 2009
Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD
|
I'm sure glad I bought both of those way back in the days before Agency pricing when they were very reasonably priced.
I'd have to go look but I think I bought The Help for less than $5 and now I own it and don't have to mess with the Overdrive wait list to read it. I checked out a book last night and sighed with huge relief when I finally was handed over to the Amazon page. Every Overdrive page was taking 3 or more minutes to load. Sadly (or not so sadly to some who resent all the other library users who get in the way by using the personal playground of the entitled patrons) I think many new Overdrive users are going to try it out once or twice and get too frustrated with the page load times to consider it a viable resource. |
01-03-2012, 02:26 PM | #53 |
Guru
Posts: 808
Karma: 2260766
Join Date: Apr 2008
Device: Kindle Oasis 2
|
Los Angeles Public Library. I am on the waiting list for John Grisham's The Litigators.... I started at well over 200 when the book came out, now I am down to 27 of 220 with 29 copies.
The Help: 30 copies, 202 on waiting list Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 14 copies, 171 on the waiting list. I'm pretty sure all books there can be checked out for 21 days. You can return them earlier with the ADE software, which I've done a few times. |
01-03-2012, 03:17 PM | #54 |
Banned
Posts: 1,431
Karma: 5222495
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen
|
Me, too! And as I recall, it was from a tip right here at Mobileread...which rocks! Might have been a 'daily special' deal at amazon.com...can't remember.
|
01-04-2012, 10:42 AM | #55 |
Enthusiast
Posts: 39
Karma: 290320
Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: Nook Color
|
Sadly (at least in my opinion, sadly), as of 1/1/2012, the Hennepin County library system in Minnesota has terminated all non-resident use of the system for obtaining ebooks.......
I liked HC because they had a 15 book request limit instead of a THREE book limit (honestly, THREE? With wait times in the months for popular titles, THREE?) of my local library system. I called and the librarian with whom I spoke told me it was done because of the "sudden" huge increase in the popularity of e-readers, to only support the taxpayers of Hennepin county.... Reading between the lines, I suspect this really meant some library board members got stuck with long wait times for titles they wanted and shoved through an emergency change to kick out all the unwashed interlopers from other counties... My guess is that all the other counties will do, or have already done, the same thing so that everybody can be a parochial as possible. In conversation with one of the local librarians, I was told that their budget for new books has been cut by 25%... And yes, every library web site I've hit since 12/25 has shown a HUGE performance slowdown... And it's persisting. |
01-04-2012, 11:43 AM | #56 |
Wizard
Posts: 3,144
Karma: 8426142
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD
|
I just received two of my holds from the Chicago Public Library. I went to put two more books on hold, and they have dropped the hold limit from 6 books to 3.
|
01-04-2012, 07:27 PM | #57 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,895
Karma: 6995721
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain
Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S
|
I can't even log into the Chicago Public Library. I think they kicked out all reciprocal borrowers-but just last night I checked out a book I had on hold!
|
01-04-2012, 08:40 PM | #58 |
Wizard
Posts: 3,144
Karma: 8426142
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD
|
That's horrible. Must be some new rules for the new year. I keep waiting for my Philadelphia Library card to be rescinded.
|
01-04-2012, 09:36 PM | #59 | |
Wizard
Posts: 2,895
Karma: 6995721
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain
Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S
|
Quote:
I hesitate to post this, because I really don't have anything against gay or transgender persons. As a matter of fact, I do charity work for the Howard Brown Clinic in Chicago (focusing on gay individuals). But if Chicago won't feed my jones (and they have every right to focus on tax-paying Chicagoans), I have to make sure my library reflects my community. |
|
01-04-2012, 09:52 PM | #60 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 74,455
Karma: 129358310
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
I don't think it will be rescinded. I think if they do stop it, it just won't be able to be renewed after it expires. Otherwise they will have to refund some of the money you've paid them.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Educate me please... Overdrive, Adobe Digital Ed, Libraries, Bluefire | 1611mac | Apple Devices | 3 | 11-04-2011 03:14 AM |
OverDrive DRM-free eBooks Now Available to Libraries | tubemonkey | News | 10 | 08-08-2011 04:41 PM |
New OverDrive venture: buy eBooks and support libraries | simplyparticular | News | 23 | 07-24-2010 05:27 PM |
MR slowing up | GeoffC | Feedback | 29 | 07-05-2010 09:34 AM |
I wonder how libraries choose Overdrive books | ficbot | General Discussions | 41 | 06-18-2010 11:05 PM |