12-31-2010, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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Waitlists for Library Books Have TRIPLED Since Xmas!
I have 4 books on hold at our online library and I went back today (after putting a few on hold just before Xmas) and the waitlists for the books I selected have tripled! Looks like I'll be waiting a while for some popular books from now on! Or, I'll just have to buy them!!!
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12-31-2010, 09:18 PM | #2 |
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Haha, nice! My wife (who loves to borrow from the online library) understands what you are going through. She had to wait about a month and a half for a book that she wanted to read (author's name withheld but it was a "popular" one) and by the time she was allowed to borrow it she no longer wanted to read it.
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12-31-2010, 09:39 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, I've noticed that it's getting more difficult to get e-books from the library. They really don't have enough copies, considering how the demand is growing...
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12-31-2010, 09:56 PM | #4 |
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Why can't libraries make multiple copies of an e-book file available for check out?
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01-01-2011, 10:12 PM | #6 |
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01-01-2011, 10:13 PM | #7 |
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They have to pay by the copy, just as they'd have to pay for each hardcover.
I haven't noticed hold time issues, but I tend to read more obscure nonfiction. |
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Most books do have multiple copies available - at our library, anyway. However, the publishers (I believe) limit the amount of copies available through libraries because they do want people to also buy ebooks.
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01-02-2011, 01:02 AM | #9 |
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I think it would have to do with the contract that the library signs with the actual provider. For many libraries, it would appear that they use OverDrive. I expect that they contract with OverDrive for the number of copies of eBooks to be made available, and also for the addition of new material.
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Maybe they think that e-readers are still not that popular. I hope they figure out that that assumption is wrong... and soon! |
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01-02-2011, 03:31 PM | #12 |
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Organizations pushing eBooks and selling them have not matured yet. How silly is it that an electronic book cannot be made available to any number of customers that want it? As a public resource, a library's customers are its members and thus these books should be available to all.
The advantage of an eBook is that is is electronic, hence the 'e'. For whatever reason many groups are still treating them as physical books with a limited number of copies. I understand they want to keep the control with licences but when you have a child that would like to sign out an electronic book that can easily be signed out, but for the reason of licencing crap it cannot, it absolutely is disgusting. In those regards eBooks are no more advantageous when compared to physical books. And with stories such as these, people wonder why kids use file-sharing applications to get what they need. One reason is because they cannot sign out a book that should and actually is available to them but licences prevent them from doing so. Yuck! |
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I've never heard of any retailer (including Overdrive) being restricted in the number of eBooks they can sell to customers.
They are quite often however restricted from discounting the price, even for large orders. Overdrive (the main distributor that sells eBooks to libraries) pretty much charges the price of a full book, often higher than Amazon or Kobo etc, for each and every eBook license. They then are responsible for the computing power behind the check-out and DRM process for the libraries. |
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