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simplyparticular · 11-10-2010, 08:56 PM

I've been using the eNYPL since 2005. In that time, they originally started with Mobi and PDF (mostly Mobi), but have shifted almost exclusively to ePub and PDF. So a lot of the older titles that are Mobi aren't being checked out much now that cell phone/PDA access to Mobipocket is lessening. So that probably skews their results.

Also, when I first started borrowing from eNYPL, wait lists were at most 2-3 people - I usually got a title within a month. Now, waits on popular items are 30-60 patrons, and it can take months to get a book. Luckily my local library (Buffalo) joined OverDrive two years ago, and has smaller waitlists, and purchases most of the same fiction. But I really rely on eNYPL for the nonfiction.

11-10-2010, 08:56 PM	#22
simplyparticular Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 1395952 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Device: Oasis 3 & GlowLight 4	I've been using the eNYPL since 2005. In that time, they originally started with Mobi and PDF (mostly Mobi), but have shifted almost exclusively to ePub and PDF. So a lot of the older titles that are Mobi aren't being checked out much now that cell phone/PDA access to Mobipocket is lessening. So that probably skews their results. Also, when I first started borrowing from eNYPL, wait lists were at most 2-3 people - I usually got a title within a month. Now, waits on popular items are 30-60 patrons, and it can take months to get a book. Luckily my local library (Buffalo) joined OverDrive two years ago, and has smaller waitlists, and purchases most of the same fiction. But I really rely on eNYPL for the nonfiction.