01-24-2014, 04:53 PM | #16 |
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I'm with radius (and others) on this one, I don't find many books from my wishlist in my local library, but I get plenty of books to read by browsing and finding ones that look interesting. In fact, I quite enjoy picking up books either from different genres, or just authors I don't know to give them a try.
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01-25-2014, 07:25 AM | #18 |
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My "local" library appears to be slow in adopting ebooks. They are part of a state-wide consortium (there are about 20 towns.) They've had ebooks for about two years, and they have 3156 ebooks. A lot of those were available before my town joined, and the rate of acquiring new ebooks is very slow.
If this is the "future" for ebook libraries, there are going to be a lot of frustrated library patrons (who are readers.) |
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01-25-2014, 10:24 AM | #21 |
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If there's a book I want to read, I check the library first. And if it isn't there, it might be there later. I also keep track to see if the price drops at some point.
The library doesn't have all the books I want but it has some. |
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01-25-2014, 07:42 PM | #23 |
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I have health issues which limit the amount of time I can read, so what time I have available, I want spent on books I specifically want to read.
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01-25-2014, 09:45 PM | #24 |
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The library eventually has most of the books I want to read; but a lot of them are too heavy for me to read in any comfort (trade paperbacks, hardbacks). Ebooks have been brilliant for me, and I really wish the library was able to expand its e-collection more vigorously.
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The site is currently reporting 9633 fiction ebooks, 2497 nonfiction ebooks (mostly biography/memoir and cookbooks), 47 audiobooks. But if you go into "Most Popular", it reports 14009 books, so I'm not sure what's going on there (maybe kids/teen books aren't counted in "all fiction?") - however this should give you a ballpark idea.
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01-29-2014, 12:35 PM | #30 |
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Don't forget to check for a recommend option at your library. I recently, and very belatedly, discovered this option in Overdrive. 6 books recommended, 2 days later my library purchased all of them.
With Overdrive use the dropdown on the left to change your search from 'My library's collection' to 'additional titles to recommend', or use the advanced search. |
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