[khintul]

My local library has just made the switch from Overdrive to 3M Cloud library (as of 12/12), thus shutting out service for folks with Kindle ereaders.

But now thankfully they have announced they will be resuming the Overdrive service within 30 days. In the "resume" announcement, they mentioned that only about 5% of their digital downloads were for the Kindle ereader.

So here are my questions for the librarians:

I'm assuming the switch was based on financial considerations, but if their statement about only 5% of users requesting the Kindle format, would they so quickly have done a reversal?

Is the digital download service a benefit for the libraries, do they care whether patrons stop using it (or do as I have done, and paid for a card from a different library that uses Overdrive)?

Just trying to wrap my head around the nuances here. Thanks for any input.