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Originally Posted by 4691mls
On the new site, for the same book, it says I am "#29 on 8 copies". That makes it sound like I would be waiting a while.
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What it tells you is that 28 people are in front of you on the holds list, and the library has 8 copies. The number of copies is only somewhat important.
The important thing is that you won't get the book until 28 other people get it first, then at least one person returns it.
The number of copies just tells you that right now, 8 people are reading the book, and you and the other 28 people will move up in line whenever anybody returns the book. With more copies, it's more likely that you'll get it sooner, as some people will read fast then return, but if everybody checks out for the max time and lets the auto-return at expire time do the work, then you'll be waiting for MaxCheckoutTime * 28 / 8 days.