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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Any chance that your library has the "Advantage" checkmark on some books? If so, that means your specific library in a consortium of libraries has bought copies of its own or contributed more to them and users of that library supposedly get "first dibs" on those books.
http://partners.overdrive.com/servic...nts/advantage/
So, you say your library (consortium?) has 7 copies. Maybe your specific library bought 5 of the 7 copies available to users of that Overdrive site. So even though you're 174th in line, you have specific access to the 5 copies that not all the other users in line have.
It's just a guess - I've never been able to tell when I'm in line if I've been bumped because of an advantage to someone else in line. I have occasionally moved back in line, but it's rare enough I've just assumed I didn't enter the number in my tracking spreadsheet correctly in the first place. It could be for the most part, my libraries are the ones most likely to buy advantage, so I usually have the benefit.  |
My library is an Advantage member.
I don't see the Advantage icon on books anymore (I am logged in).
I just put a hold on a book. It say: "#5 on 1 copy; Total holds 5. Library copies 1. At most there are three people ahead of you in line."
If I log out, the same book says: "Total Holds 2. Library copies 1. At most there are 2 people ahead of you in line"