Comments on: Survey: Library Borrowers Buy Books Too! http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/survey-library-borrowers-buy-books-too/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 24 May 2013 05:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: ingeborg http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/survey-library-borrowers-buy-books-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1228623 ingeborg Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:58:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=74562#comment-1228623 That's not that surprising for me, , since I am also a library borrower and at the same time I buy books too, it depends on what really interest me thought, http://bookboon.com/ That’s not that surprising for me, , since I am also a library borrower and at the same time I buy books too, it depends on what really interest me thought,
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]]> By: Marilynn Byerly http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/survey-library-borrowers-buy-books-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1220096 Marilynn Byerly Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:45:23 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=74562#comment-1220096 Many readers are voracious so the survey is no real surprise. I imagine the only reason a majority of those who don't buy books but use the library is lack of money. My library's digital collection has a buy button with each selection so, apparently, some are buying the books, as well as checking them out. One reason for this is that most recent books have an incredibly long list of people waiting for it. One book by a very minor author of a paranormal mystery series had a waiting list of over 60 people. I'm still waiting after three months for one of Dean Koontz' backlist. It surprises me that people find books via Overdrive. Their interface really stinks, it offers little more than a brief blurb, and they divide books so broadly that it's hard to find anything. Science fiction and fantasy, for example, lacks subcategories, and you are as likely to find young adult dystopia as hard science fiction or a WIZARD OF OZ book as the latest urban fantasy. And, don't get me started on Overdrive's audiobook collection. It won't work with a Mac iPod but will with a Windows iPod in the major formats. More than a bit of irony there. Many readers are voracious so the survey is no real surprise. I imagine the only reason a majority of those who don’t buy books but use the library is lack of money.

My library’s digital collection has a buy button with each selection so, apparently, some are buying the books, as well as checking them out. One reason for this is that most recent books have an incredibly long list of people waiting for it. One book by a very minor author of a paranormal mystery series had a waiting list of over 60 people. I’m still waiting after three months for one of Dean Koontz’ backlist.

It surprises me that people find books via Overdrive. Their interface really stinks, it offers little more than a brief blurb, and they divide books so broadly that it’s hard to find anything. Science fiction and fantasy, for example, lacks subcategories, and you are as likely to find young adult dystopia as hard science fiction or a WIZARD OF OZ book as the latest urban fantasy.

And, don’t get me started on Overdrive’s audiobook collection. It won’t work with a Mac iPod but will with a Windows iPod in the major formats. More than a bit of irony there.

]]> By: Xendula http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/survey-library-borrowers-buy-books-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1220036 Xendula Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:41:17 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=74562#comment-1220036 Great survey! I discovered so many great authors through my libraries' websites, whose books I end up purchasing on Amazon if they are unavailable to borrow! The amont of books I purchase has increased significantly since I started e-borrowing. I wish they had split apart the dedicated readers by brand, and also asked about epub vs kindle and mp3 vs wma preferences. wma is not user friendly, and you can not return a wma title before it expires, which is completely nonsensical. Great survey! I discovered so many great authors through my libraries’ websites, whose books I end up purchasing on Amazon if they are unavailable to borrow! The amont of books I purchase has increased significantly since I started e-borrowing.

I wish they had split apart the dedicated readers by brand, and also asked about epub vs kindle and mp3 vs wma preferences. wma is not user friendly, and you can not return a wma title before it expires, which is completely nonsensical.

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