Buffalo OverDrive holds:
Fiction:
1. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST,
25 holds, 4 copies
2. TOUGH CUSTOMER, by Sandra Brown, not available
3. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett,
16 holds, 3 copies
4. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen
, 5 holds, 1 copy
5. VEIL OF NIGHT, by Linda Howard,
not available
Non-Fiction:
1. _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern,
1 hold, 1 copy
2. THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham, not available
3. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis, not available
4. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne, not available
5. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler,
1 patron, 1 copy
Frankly, most of those books don't interest me. Of the two that did, I've already checked them out before they ended up with big hold lists.
I keep a hold list of about 10-12 going at two e-libraries. eNYPL has massive holds on new releases (40-60), but they order more copies. But I still end up getting most of my books from Buffalo. In fact, I'll add a new book on eNYPL, and then a few weeks later BUffalo will add it and I'll be one of the first 1-3 people.
I've read 51 library e-books since April, and I'm in the middle of 3 more and - a mix of 2009 and 2010 releases, with a couple of older books that were bestsellers but I wasn't in any hurry. At an average of $8.00 per e-book, that's $424 I *might* have spent. I say might because I probably wouldn't have given some of them a try. I certainly wouldn't have bought any of the PDF titles since they are always a crap-shoot for displaying on e-Ink devices.
And that is why I don't have a Kindle. Although I'm sure Jeff Bezos would love to see some of that $424
ETA: I have 7 days set as my default for checkout for both libraries (I had to do this manually - the default was 21), and I checkout within 2 days of getting the availability email. I return as soon as I finish a book, which is usually 3-4 days after checkout. So anyone waiting after me will get the book in about 6 days. I don't worry about when I'll get a book.
I do wish that libraries used the same 7 day max on new releases as they do for p-books.
My bigger complaint is the mix of formats for series books. Buffalo only carries PDF and ePub, notMobi eNYPL carries all 3 but is ordering less Mobi now. Several series I read are missing books because they aren't available in PDF or ePub yet from OverDrive. And the early books are always PDF.
