TromboneAl
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My county library just signed up with overdrive, which allows me to download digital library books.
However, I've found that the software is so cumbersome and difficult to use and understand that it's hardly worth it.
Also, apparently every single book is already checked out, so at best I can get onto a waiting list, with no estimate of when a book will become available.
It appears that you cannot "return" a book, but must wait for it to be automatically returned at the end of three weeks. So if 10 people are on the waiting list, the book will be out for 30 weeks, even if they decide, once they download it, that they don't want it.
I had considered getting a Nook reader if this system looked good, but at this point I'll just stick with hardcopy books.
Anyone using this system successfully?
However, I've found that the software is so cumbersome and difficult to use and understand that it's hardly worth it.
Also, apparently every single book is already checked out, so at best I can get onto a waiting list, with no estimate of when a book will become available.
It appears that you cannot "return" a book, but must wait for it to be automatically returned at the end of three weeks. So if 10 people are on the waiting list, the book will be out for 30 weeks, even if they decide, once they download it, that they don't want it.
I had considered getting a Nook reader if this system looked good, but at this point I'll just stick with hardcopy books.
Anyone using this system successfully?