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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Maybe it is those early adopters that are those that are looking for alternatives first. The late arrivers joined Overdrive after it had been in place for quite a while - after the prices were raised to be more reasonable. Reasonable is probably the wrong word, maybe more sustainable. The big cities that started from the beginning could afford it, but they would feel the pain for raising prices much more.
Have to see if this is going to be a trend or not among the single city Overdrive libraries.
It is a good thing that you can still use Overdrive. Do you have the same catalogue, or is the Overdrive next door a smaller one for selection?
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I am back in the consortium so I have access to the full catalog again.
I wonder if this will be a future trend too. I found some statistics that suggest more than 90% of libraries use Overdrive. I found a lot articles yesterday that suggested librarians much prefer 3M. From a user perspective I find 3M to be worse even if they had a large catalog.
In general I think my city is very smart with spending money on services and well-managed. You could be right about early adopters searching for other alternatives. They could feel they are in a good financial position to be able to drop out off the consortium. There must have been some value from pooling together in a consortium versus being independent.