07-18-2022, 12:14 PM | #31 |
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Its also worth noting that Charlotte-Meck's main library is in the middle of uptown Charlotte which has RIDICULOUS real estate prices and was supposed to close just before the pandemic for a massive upfit and remodel. I suspect that out of state borrowers are "contributing" to that as well.
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07-18-2022, 12:31 PM | #33 |
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Using advanced search to filter all ebooks gets exactly the same number as in your link. So what accounts for double the number of OverDrive Reads compared to epubs? Beats the heck out of me. I had to look up OverDrive Reads, as I’d not heard of it before.
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https://metrolibrary.overdrive.com/media/6428034 Looks like comics/manga* https://help.overdrive.com/en-us/1123.htm * please forgive my ignorance on comics/manga. |
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07-18-2022, 01:17 PM | #35 |
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07-18-2022, 02:18 PM | #36 | |
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My library is cheap (they limit their "purchase" of overdrive ebooks due to cost) and yet they offer Hoopla, which makes me wonder how much Hoopla is actually getting used. |
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07-18-2022, 02:56 PM | #37 | |
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Originally my two out-of-state libraries and big city libraries at that (Boston & Philly) offered Hoopla, which I used for audiobooks. It’s a fantastic source for audiobooks of older fiction in particular, both mid-20th century popular fiction and classics. But then Boston dropped the audiobook component and FLP first cut back and then dropped it altogether. Reading the writing on the wall, in the meantime I’d asked at my local library if they’d consider offering Hoopla and was given a flat no. Far too expensive. I wasn’t entirely surprised, as this is a small town and the library is underfunded and obviously Boston & Philly had let it go for cost reasons. Then I no longer qualified for cards at Boston or FLP, but I suspect as a Covid measure, my town library decided to offer it after all. My timeline is off here; I was never Hoopla-less, but it was close. So, coming around to your question, I don’t have Hoopla access out of state anymore, just locally. I use it quite a bit. I mentioned audiobooks. I probably average two, sometimes three a month. Another advantage of Hoopla is that it’s on demand, while timing can be tricky on OverDrive audiobooks which usually have a waitlist. And lately, I’ve started watching Father Brown, but I have to ration myself as I get six borrows a month and the audiobooks are my priority. I suppose if this started to chafe, I could get a paid card for more borrows, but I don’t have a tv habit so I don’t need a FB fix very often. I have to hope that you’re right and that no one in my town is using it, or just enough that TPTB decide it’s worth keeping while it doesn’t break the bank. Going back to the paid out of state card issue and Hoopla as well, I think the future looks ominous. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if availability continued to dwindle. And my state OverDrive has only 14,000 ebooks and it’s all junk. |
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You are correct. I was looking at state subsidies above municipal funding levels. So I'd bet that these fees are indeed in line with the average tax contributions in general.
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So I suspect the reasons to cancel the out of state programs are a little less obvious. Perhaps because of some law or regulation, some other source of funding is in jeopardy if they bring in too much money from certain channels, or have the wrong ratio of local/distant users. Who knows. ApK Last edited by ApK; 07-18-2022 at 03:29 PM. |
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I’m only in season 3 so at a few watches a month, I have a ways to go. And I do think I’ll get tired of it at that. Very few shows can go that long without running out of whatever oomph propelled them at first.
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I know people in Brooklyn who are not thrilled to be "competing" with non-residents for access to ebooks/audiobooks, which they believe results in longer wait times. They are pleased with this new policy. Of course, will the reduced revenue mean fewer ebooks/audiobooks will be added to the collection? Hard to know ... |
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07-18-2022, 08:19 PM | #42 |
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07-18-2022, 10:03 PM | #43 |
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Move to the Seattle Metro area. We have quite a few libraries with large OverDrive collections. Thanks to reciprocal borrowing, you can join up to a dozen or so libraries depending on which library district you live in. I belong to 6 of the 14 I qualify for. My home library is the King County Library System.
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07-19-2022, 07:06 AM | #45 |
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They can also be read on Libby. Queens has substantial graphic novel and picture book collections. I poked around to a few OR books without an epub version - every one I looked at was a graphic novel or illustrated book. I borrowed a couple that looked interesting, and they opened in Libby.
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