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Originally Posted by cjr72
Well in a meeting with the ALA the publishers said one issue they had with e-book lending was that there was not enough "friction" in the transaction compared to paper book lending. This USB deal may be their way of trying to add some friction.
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As I posted on another thread:
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And anyone who thinks that library loans on Overdrive are "frictionless" are welcome to try to browse for a book they might like on Overdrive* and then check it out as an epub/pdf and tell me all about the relative frictionlessness of it all
* of interest in my experience with Overdrive at the Md and DC libraries: categories include "Fantasy", "Science Fiction and Fantasy", and "Science Fiction", all with interlapping listings; no way to refine category searching; listings without plot descriptions of any sort, or nearly meaningless plot descriptions; search can only filter one format at a time (so you need to do separate searches for pdfs and epubs, unless you allow every format and end up with audiobook listings too); only 10-25 hits per page; series without all the volumes; ease of selecting the wrong format; limits on number of holds;d long waitlist times; incredible slowness especially when loading and refreshing wishlists; random problems with ADE when downloading/transferring especially to a full ereader; oh, I could go on. Searches on specific titles/authors are much better, but I'm a browser by nature. Kindle lending is easier at the download end but the browsing experience is the same.
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Since I have to use a USB to load library books onto my nook anyway, I would rather use one than go to the store and buy a Penguin book. (On the other hand, in an ideal world I don't think publishers *should* have any more control over library lending than they do of library lending of DTBs, as long as the license manages one borrow at a time).