#1 question we get at the desk regarding the e-library offerings: "Where can I find this e-book? The catalog says there is one available..." Yes, well... it may or not be available and it isn't really "here" so much as virtually here. It will be super cool when our catalog is clever enough to bring over accurate availability info from Overdrive -- it's mildly frustrating for patrons to see "available" in our catalog only to go into Overdrive and find that there are 6 people waiting for the book...
I've downloaded books from Overdrive (both audio and print) and been satisfied with both offerings. I have a little trouble with the audio books--moving them to a mp3 player -- but the player could be at fault there - I haven't devoted enough time to figuring that one out. There seems to be something about the Overdrive files-- a DMA (am I remembering the right combination of letters?) security settings on the WMA files that my mp3 player can't decipher, but I'm playing with NetLibrary this morning to see if those files have the same issues. Hopefully not!
All in all, it is a wonderful service, though the borrowing times on Overdrive are a little strange in that you can't return a title early, so if there are 3 people ahead of you in line, it's going to be 63 days before you get a title that is checked out - no hoping that someone 'brings it back on time.'
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