04-22-2011, 11:34 PM | #301 | |
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Many libraries allow you to check out/hold up to 10 titles at a time. Our local library network only allows 3 and as a result, it seems that the wait lists are much shorter than the libraries allowing more. |
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04-23-2011, 12:28 AM | #302 |
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They could always cut back on the DVDs and video games...
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04-23-2011, 09:35 AM | #304 |
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Well, technically, your Nook Color isn't suppose to be rooted so there is nothing for them to fix.
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04-23-2011, 09:55 AM | #305 | |
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If all you use ADE for is to drag-and-drop the library book onto your device really quick, then you can (and many people do) use ADE for months or even years before noticing that the "triangle" is some kind of hidden menu and not, you know, an "arrow" showing that the book is selected. I'm no slouch with computers and it took an OpenLibrary.org FAQ to make me realize the triangle was there at all. My mother still has to call me every time she wants to return a library book to ask where the menu option is hidden. It's not what I would call intuitive - even typing this us and checking ADE, it looks like a "hey, this is selected!" notification to me, and nothing more. What would be more intuitive to me would be if you could get at that option by right-clicking the book, but that just brings up a generic "settings..." dialog. Ah, adobe products. If this is in response to the Overdrive issue, then it has nothing to do with the NC being rooted or not. ANY android tablet running the Overdrive app has the same issue - you can't return library books via the app. "Rooting" is irrelevant. |
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04-23-2011, 10:02 AM | #306 |
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I was excited about this till I checked with my library and found out they have 139 ebooks :P
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04-23-2011, 10:08 AM | #307 |
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Hopefully, more users (Kindle or otherwise), will also check into it and your library system will notice that there is a demand. Plus, if you start checking out some of those 139, that will get their attention as well. You may also want to see if there is a statewide program that will give you access to more books.
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04-23-2011, 10:40 AM | #309 |
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I strongly recommend contacting your library and expressing your interest. Librarians are super-nice, but they aren't mind-readers - they won't know there's a demand for ebooks unless someone tells them.
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I plan on it, it has been a Holiday here so they have not been open since Thursday. I will also suggest teaming up with the other Library to be a good idea
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My husband and I lived in a small Texas town for about a year this was before e-books), and there was practically nothing in the local library. More than half of the shelves were empty. When we were leaving, we stopped by there and donated a few boxes of books to them. |
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04-23-2011, 11:15 AM | #313 | |
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Interesting debate in comments here over whether this means Amazon will support PDF/ePub, or if Overdrive(or Amazon) will provide Kindle format books: http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/20....html#comments
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04-23-2011, 11:38 AM | #314 |
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I don't see any way that Amazon is going to pay Adobe's DRM fees. I just don't see that happening, so I'm pretty firmly in the no-ePub camp.
Edit: Also any conversion would first entail stripping Adobe's DRM from the existing ePubs. There is no way on God's green earth that Adobe is going to allow that. Last edited by carld; 04-23-2011 at 11:40 AM. |
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Also, the quoted statement says "available in Kindle format" which to me indicates azw mobi. If it said "available in a Kindle-compatible format" I'd think maybe it might be something else. |
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