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Old 01-23-2014, 06:37 AM   #39
John F
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
IIRC this was discussed few years ago (when the NYPL stopped their non-resident offering). In order to be able to have all books from OverDrive potentially available to your library they can't offer non-resident checkouts or something like that. So places like the Free Library or Philadelphia have a smaller catalog of content available to them. This was due to publisher complaints to OverDrive.
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edit: but then, that doesn't explain Orange County and Brooklyn. Both are major OverDrive libraries with over 60,000 and 40,000 ebooks respectively, and both allow out-of-state cards.
I was wondering the same thing. The explanation I came up with is that those libraries still buy a lot of books, even though their selection is limited?

I have noticed that for Free Library of Philly, there are titles in overdrive that say they are available for libraries, but I cannot recommend them using the FLP website.
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