[khintul]

OK, so I'm new to this library lending of ebooks. I got a Sony pocket reader strictly for the purpose of checking out books from my library.

I had checked out 3 books; finished one well before the 14 days had run, returned it to the library when I finished. I didn't delete the book from my reader, and since it still had some time, it was still there.

The remaining two books still had 10 days left on their time but I hadn't finished reading them yet. I went ahead and sent them on back to the library thinking I was doing a good thing. Continued reading, no problem. OK, fine, I think I've got this thing figured out.

Today I got a notice from the library that one of my requests is now ready - I still had 7 days left on the books on my reader that I'd returned. I went ahead and checked out the new book, and after I transferred it to my reader from ADE, then sure enough I wasn't able to read the books with 7 days still left on their time.

I'd thought about this when I went to check out the new book, and since neither of the 2 books I had was terribly thrilling to me I figured this would be my trial to see just how it was going to go; if I lost them the sky wouldn't fall.

So I guess the lesson learned here is, don't return books early unless you've finished, or almost finished, reading them. Also, once you've sent something back early, don't connect the reader to the computer until you're ready to have whatever you've put on there no longer available.