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PC / laptop / eReader users: download Adobe Digital Editions software to read ePlatform and BorrowBox eBooks on your computer or to transfer them to your eReader device.
Smartphone / tablet users: download the ePlatform app iOS Devices Smartphone / tablet users: download the BorrowBox app iOS DevicesĬheck out the online ePlatform catalogue here BorrowBoxīorrow between 4 eBooks and/or 4 eAudiobook titles for 14 daysĬheck out the online BorrowBox catalogue here Hoopla does not support eReaders like Kobo, Paperwhite Kindle or any devices like it. PC / laptop : Hoopla supports the following browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari. Smartphone / tablet users: download the Hoopla app iOS Devices
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Sign in using Matamata-Piako Libraries, your library card number (20xxxxxxxxxxxx) and PIN.īorrow up to 10 movies, TV show episodes, eMagazines, eSongs, eComics eAudiobooks or eBooks per month. Books are available for 21 days, videos for 72 hours and music for 7 days. And there are some packages like Magazine bundles that some libraries subscribe to.Īll libraries love circ but if you are trying to be helpful, go with the ones with the lower holds ratio (that is, for any particular title, how many holds are on each copy).Read, listen or watch anywhere, any time and on most devices. I think there may be some cost per circ options in Overdrive but I don’t know of many systems that use that yet. So, most start in the $80-$100 range.īestsellers are even more expensive to start. An ebook version of a mass market book could be as cheap as $9, whereas equivalent of a hardcover could be in the $30-$60 range.Īudiobooks are often oc/ou and cost minimum double what a book on CD would cost. Metered access is the most common and prices really vary. Libby offers a variety of purchasing models If you search for Overdrive in this subreddit you should see similar threads, But here’s a brief recap. (In many public sectors, said committees aren't related to the library directly and instead are just seeing an abstract usage report when examining where incoming taxes should be distributed.) In fact, patrons using the services less is usually what motivates budget committees to shrink said millage the next time it comes up for a vote. We have these things because we already paid for it all and/or set money aside for it to be used in "pay per use" arrangements like Hoopla. In most cases, everything but the millage is practically inconsequential in terms of financial impact. We never want individual patrons to worry about minimizing their impact on our budget. Instantly borrow digital movies, TV series, music, eBooks, comics, and audiobooks on or the hoopla mobile app. So if an ebook vanishes from a catalog, that's usually what happened and it's the same reason a physical book is weeded- it wasn't circulating.Īs far as the cost goes, here's an industry detail. It's the big issue in digital media that consumers (and by extension libraries) have to buy the same product multiple times largely because publishers can. More annoyingly, depending on the publisher the keys can expire. If it's unlimited than a different kind of key was purchased. Those keys are basically what's being checked out and why ebooks can have a waitlist. However it only allows us one key per purchase. Overdrive/Libby books are purchased for our digital catalog like anyone would buy an ebook. (disclaimer: I'm not a librarian just recently interested in LIS and reading a bunch of books lol) Trump tried to decrease library spending, but congress actually increased it (not by a lot but still).) You can go to the settings menu and enter your library card. 
People really don't take advantage of the ability to contact their elected reps that often, so if you do this, you're actually making a difference and if you tell other people to do this and they actually do it too you're making a really big difference! Especially since an inquiry has already started, and public library support is something that's actually capable of getting bipartisan support (e.g. Kobo The Kobo Forma, Kobo Clara HD and Kobo Aura Edition 2 all have Overdrive functionality baked right into the e-reader. Just google your state's senators, you'll get their offices, and you can call and leave an opinion, or leave an opinion through the website. It's extremely easy to contact senators when I called mine one asked me to leave a voicemail and the other asked me to leave a written comment through the website because they aren't staffing in-person due to COVID depending on the state the policy may differ. You should contact your senators about that article & tell them you support the inquiry & want to see public libraries supported financially by the federal government, and also are upset by price gouging practices by the publishers (these are separate issues but the point is that you care about public libraries).
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