3M Announces Cloud Library Ebook Lending

[kacir]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

No, that's just a poor user. It takes a lot less steps to go from overdrive to my Reader.

Yes, to YOUR reader, it might be less steps.
Let's do a "my mother" test.

You just received message from your [insert the name of the least technically skilled family member here]
"Dear JSWolf. I have just purchased a brand new PC with Windows. I have also purchased [an ADE enabled eink reader] Reader. Please help me to borrow a book for my Reader from my library."
Now, pick the telephone and guide your hapless relative through process of booting windows for the first time, downloading Adobe software, installing said software (which is something I was unable to do, it keeps crashing on my comp), registering into Adobe system, registering to Library, registering his/her Reader to Adobe software, ... up to opening the book on the Reader.

I would be very surprised if there was less than 24 steps involved.

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by kacir

Yes, to YOUR reader, it might be less steps.
Let's do a "my mother" test.

You just received message from your [insert the name of the least technically skilled family member here]
"Dear JSWolf. I have just purchased a brand new PC with Windows. I have also purchased [an ADE enabled eink reader] Reader. Please help me to borrow a book for my Reader from my library."
Now, pick the telephone and guide your hapless relative through process of booting windows for the first time, downloading Adobe software, installing said software (which is something I was unable to do, it keeps crashing on my comp), registering into Adobe system, registering to Library, registering his/her Reader to Adobe software, ... up to opening the book on the Reader.

I would be very surprised if there was less than 24 steps involved.

Have you been talking to my family?????
S

[kacir]

Originally Posted by silverraven

Have you been talking to my family?

And I would be even more surprised if the said relative was able to repeat those steps on his/her own later.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

It might depend what is used to make the download. According to this the biggest number of steps comes into play if you are using Firefox 2.0... to get audiobooks (and remember that the almost 2 dozen steps comment came from a librarian, and libraries don't usually have their software up to date). You get 4 steps with the console, another 12 with Firefox, and if you start counting from the moment when you start looking for the book, you might get close to 24.

Those directions are not appropriates we are dealing with eBooks and not audiobooks and thus, there is no need for Overdrive Console.

Originally Posted by kacir

Yes, to YOUR reader, it might be less steps.
Let's do a "my mother" test.

You just received message from your [insert the name of the least technically skilled family member here]
"Dear JSWolf. I have just purchased a brand new PC with Windows. I have also purchased [an ADE enabled eink reader] Reader. Please help me to borrow a book for my Reader from my library."
Now, pick the telephone and guide your hapless relative through process of booting windows for the first time, downloading Adobe software, installing said software (which is something I was unable to do, it keeps crashing on my comp), registering into Adobe system, registering to Library, registering his/her Reader to Adobe software, ... up to opening the book on the Reader.

I would be very surprised if there was less than 24 steps involved.

There was no mention of a new computer with a new install of ADE with a new reader. What I was working from was a computer with ADE installed and registered and a reader already authorized. In the scenario of all the software and hardware are set and ready to go the number of steps is not many.

[JSWolf]

As for helping my mother, I do it the easy way. I just remote access her computer and she plugs in the reader and I just sort it out for her. Very fast and very easy.

[silverraven]

In all seriousness though, talking my relatives/friends that are computer illiterate through getting books onto their readers isnt' THAT hard. I do have to explain it every single time though. Or I just go to their house and do it for them. I have lots of patients though. I would love to use remote access with my mom, but she wont' upgrade from dial up.......
S