Hopefully I am missing something, but search.overdrive.com seems to have finally deteriorated to the point of near-worthlessness. The problem is that they are now only recommending libraries that are physically nearby.
Here's how it worked for me today:
I searched at search.overdrive.com for
Winter in Madrid by C. J. Sansom.
The search returned eBooks from three different publishers, these apparently being for the US, Canada, and UK. That's reasonable. Then, I clicked on the "Penguin Group US" version, and then clicked on "Find in a Library." Here's the essence of what I got back:
Quote:
Finding 'Winter in Madrid' in libraries near Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, US:
Showing 1 to 1 of 1 entries
Name Region Country Zip Distance
Monmouth County Library-Allentown (Monmouth County Library) New Jersey United States 08501 38.36 mi.
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I am not a member of this library, so the information is irrelevant.
I then went to what is probably the largest Overdrive collection where we do have borrowing privileges, Brooklyn:
http://digitalbooks.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/
And I was able to borrow the book from there.
So unless I am missing something, search.overdrive.com is now liable to recommend libraries in New Jersey for which we don't have borrowing privileges, rather than more distant ones in Pennsylvania or New York, where my immediate family does.
Two options I can think of.
One is to check library web sites one by one.
Another might be to somehow hide from Overdrive where we live, in the hopes their software will go back to showing results from all world libraries. Does anyone know how to do this?
All ideas welcome.