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And libraries in the U.S. that use Overdrive are a subset. You will get more coverage of U.S. libraries, I believe, using ADE. For example FReading, cloud library, ...
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So far I've been lucky. The libraries in North Richland Hills (past) and Fort Worth (now) use Overdrive. I've already checked the libraries in the Boise, ID area (our next destination in a couple months) and they all use Overdrive. Although they also add others, like RB Digital, Hoopla and (if we end up in Boise proper) they have Safari Books Online, which would be nice. I have heard of libraries going away from Overdrive, I hope I keep "lucking out" for a while and not move to one of those.
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Yeah, I know, rereading. To the extent you do, it would make some difference, but that's when platform matters. And after the huge shakeout, I don't think anyone's library is at a big risk with Kindle or Kobo or Google. (I can hear it now, "I wouldn't trust any seller to keep my books." My own reaction is, "That was then; this is now.") I guess my personal bottom line is that I can't see myself not being able to find books to read. Even if Kobo and Kindle simultaneously went belly up overnight, I'd dust myself off and make a quick side trip to OverDrive or Project Gutenberg while I regrouped. Curating a large elibrary seems less and less worth the effort to me, compared to the benefits of on-demand reading. And I suspect most who have large elibraries are still in the red when it comes to money spent, as compared to what they'd have spent on each book purchased at market price when read. *I include myself. **Yes, some digital books cease to be available, but it's not a significant factor. Last edited by issybird; 12-13-2018 at 06:36 AM. |
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For myself, when it comes to retailer lock-in, I look at how difficult it would be to switch elsewhere.
As much as I would like DRM to die in a fire, it appears to be here to stay in the e-book realm (although I continue to hope that publishers will follow in the music industry's footsteps.) So that's why I prefer Kobo. As they offer a widely used DRM scheme supported by a number of their competitors, switching away from them is relatively straightforward. I wouldn't even need the assistance of Alf and his merry band of DeDRM developers. Amazon has made it impossible to switch without the help of Alf. And I've heard that in some cases even Alf can't help. |
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One of the first ebooks that I bought was The Complete Enchanter by Pratt and deCamp from Peanut Press on my palm pilot. When they went belly up, I lost access to that ebook and it was well over a decade before the book made it back to ebook. I have way too many books that are favorites where the author is now dead, but the books are not in PD. You say that was then, but this is now and certainly Amazon isn't likely to go belly up, but I actually have quite a few ebooks that I've purchased that are no longer available for purchase and several that are no longer downloadable. Fortunately, I do download and deDRM books as I buy them, so I have them all. I would say that the vast majority of readers are quite happy with on demand reading and would likely be quite happy with a subscription service as long as it includes the NYT best seller list books. Of course, that the rub with subscription services. They typically don't include current NYT best sellers. |
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