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Old 01-19-2012, 07:20 PM   #31
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Old 01-19-2012, 08:05 PM   #32
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My three primary libraries allow the following for OverDrive titles:
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Old 01-19-2012, 08:17 PM   #33
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My local library allows 15 checked out and 15 holds.
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Old 01-19-2012, 09:59 PM   #34
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My Overdrive library allows only 3 checkouts and 3 on hold; unlimited wishlist. Since there are less than 700 fiction titles in the catalog and 1/3 of those are for children, I rarely can find anything I want to read anyway.
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Old 01-19-2012, 11:05 PM   #35
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I qualify to join 2 overdrive libraries. Maryland digital consortium allows 4 simultaneous checkouts for up to 14 days. DC allows 10 simultaneous checkouts for up to 21 days. In both systems you can return epub/pdf/kindle books early but Disney Digital Books and audiobooks cannot be returned early.

I don't know the max holds but I've never come close to hitting that.
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Old 01-20-2012, 08:14 AM   #36
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Public domain books narrated by indie narrators who do a better job than some of the pain narrators out there.

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Old 01-20-2012, 09:56 AM   #37
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BC online library only lets you have five books checked out at a time, and five on hold.
But at least it lets you check them out for a minimum of 7 days, up to a maximum of 21 days. I've set my default to 7 days.

Their latest purchase appears to have been a BUNCH of westerns. Unfortunately, not my taste.
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Old 01-20-2012, 10:50 AM   #38
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LOL. A finger slip in my case. Very amusing, though.
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Old 01-20-2012, 11:07 AM   #39
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Old 01-20-2012, 07:16 PM   #40
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Almost all my favourite authors are published by one of these (surprise, surprise). So maybe I'll have to explore some new authors as well.

But I won't be tempted by all those "Vegetarian cooking for Linux programmers" and "How to get your child to sleep in 10 easy steps" (it doesn't work) books.
The Feng Sui books are equally crap.
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:17 AM   #41
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I qualify to join 2 overdrive libraries. Maryland digital consortium allows 4 simultaneous checkouts for up to 14 days. DC allows 10 simultaneous checkouts for up to 21 days. In both systems you can return epub/pdf/kindle books early but Disney Digital Books and audiobooks cannot be returned early.

I don't know the max holds but I've never come close to hitting that.
Maryland digital consortium max holds is 4. I just ran up against it.
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:26 AM   #42
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Maryland digital consortium max holds is 4. I just ran up against it.
Yep, was surprised by the low hold rate. Then again, I'm not a particularly fast or dedicated reader. I realized 4 is actually a good number for me. I use the wish list to help me remember what I want to read. As a Montgomery county resident, I'm eligible for the DC and Arlington County libraries. DC has a 10 item checkout max and I haven't even used Arlington yet. I have plenty to read from DC and MC.
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Yep, was surprised by the low hold rate. Then again, I'm not a particularly fast or dedicated reader. I realized 4 is actually a good number for me. I use the wish list to help me remember what I want to read. As a Montgomery county resident, I'm eligible for the DC and Arlington County libraries. DC has a 10 item checkout max and I haven't even used Arlington yet. I have plenty to read from DC and MC.
Same here. I had been using DC only for about a year, when I realized that MC had added a lot to its holdings since I'd last been there, including some books I'd been wanting to read that DC didn't have.
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I am new to all this, got my first e-reader this Christmas. I hoped to use my local library which is promoting e-books. I found out that the selection is very limited. I also have a Phoenix AZ library card, while the selection is better, is still is not great.

I guess I will have to be patient, but my question is to those more knowledgeable are the libraries increasing their commitment to e-books in general? I just saw a study on CNN that 19% of adults have e-readers. While many will by their content, I would think demand at the libraries must be growing?
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