Check out a Kindle at the Library? - Page 2

orionpozo · 06-11-2010, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Thanks, that was useful. But does the library just buy any book I choose? Are there limits?

The principle limit we impose is that over a certain price, we do not automatically buy the book for the reader. The request gets forwarded to the collections librarian for review.
Of course, Amazon has to be selling a Kindle edition too.
You can see a sample monthly list of titles in my June report:
http://news.lib.ncsu.edu/pes/2010/06...s-june-update/

Suzy Kindlefan · 06-11-2010, 12:25 PM

How is it that Overdrive got to be the preferred system anyway?

Sydney's Mom · 06-13-2010, 12:18 PM

Well, I talked to the librarian (had to cancel a hold on a pbook that I had just checked out in ebook format - can't even cancel a hold online!) and she said they bought a bunch of books from Amazon. She was not the sharpest tool in the shed - didn't really understand what I was saying (of course, I was on the phone, and it was hard to explain why the choice of a kindle may not have been the best choice). Asked whether I wanted to be put on the waiting list to check out a kindle (they have 2, and I live in a town of 7000). I am tempted, just to see how they have secured the device to prevent it from being dropped, banged around, ruined in the book return bin, etc.

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06-11-2010, 12:25 PM	#17
Suzy Kindlefan Member Posts: 15 Karma: 500 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florida Device: Kindle 2	How is it that Overdrive got to be the preferred system anyway?

06-13-2010, 12:18 PM	#18
Sydney's Mom 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	Well, I talked to the librarian (had to cancel a hold on a pbook that I had just checked out in ebook format - can't even cancel a hold online!) and she said they bought a bunch of books from Amazon. She was not the sharpest tool in the shed - didn't really understand what I was saying (of course, I was on the phone, and it was hard to explain why the choice of a kindle may not have been the best choice). Asked whether I wanted to be put on the waiting list to check out a kindle (they have 2, and I live in a town of 7000). I am tempted, just to see how they have secured the device to prevent it from being dropped, banged around, ruined in the book return bin, etc.

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