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Originally Posted by electrocutus
Hi all,
one issue related to expired library ebooks that annoys me is that I am not able to simply "renew" a book and continue reading. If, for some reason, I want to keep a book longer, I need to check it out from scratch again. There are a few problems with that:
1 - I lose any bookmarks I had on my eReader
2 - my library has a limited number of digital copies of a book, so it could be unavailable at the time I want to renew it...
Is this the way it works for all libraries using Overdrive?
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There are ways around the expiration issue as subsequent posters have mentioned, but I wanted to comment on the renewing an ebook that is expiring.
Many times a library will only have one license for a particular ebook. If that ebook is popular and lots of people want to read it there will be a waiting line to check out that title. If I'm next in line and the person who has the ebook wants to extend his loan period for an extra 14 or 21 days I would not be happy and that means I, and everyone else in line behind me, would have to wait.
When checking out ebooks, I will typically make sure my download works properly on my Reader, then return the title to the library so the next person who wants to download it can do so right away. As long as I don't connect my Reader to ADE it doesn't know I've returned the book and I have the ebook for the full 14 or 21 days.