Give Me Your Opinion

[Andy M.]

I read for a few hours most days. Around the time of the pandemic, I started getting e-books from my local library. I'd download them to a Kindle app and read them wither on my laptop or phone. Then I expanded my reach to include the Boston Public Library because they have a bigger selection. often, when a book is not available locally, the BPL will have it, or vice versa.

Recently I ordered the new Dan Brown book, "The Secret Of Secrets". As time passed, I climbed in position until I reached "You are first in line" There are 24 copies of the book in use. The loan period is two weeks. I have been waiting for over a week for one of 24 people to finish the book so I could download it.

This seems like an inordinate amount of time. I usually read a book in two or three days. Dan Brown books are hard to put down once you start.

Do you think I'm being too impatient?

 

[dragnlaw]

Yes and No.
Many people work and can't sit every night to read with family and what not to take care of. But I certainly hope they understand when a book is popular - that they had to wait. Polite to be quick about it. I can forgive if they keep it an extra week but not 4 or 5. That's just plain lazy and rude.

So I hear you
My general method when I order a book and have to wait I fill the time with other books.
I'm also of a mind that perhaps Library's that do this might be kind to those in waiting by letting the current holder of the book know that there are others waiting.

Ours is also 2 weeks - if there is no one waiting it is automatically renewed for another 2 weeks.

I don't know what happens if there is a waiting list. I'm not sure if the holder can renew or must turn it in. Of course, that's automatic if it's an e-book. I'm rather trying to remember - don'tthink they are allowed to renew.

What I do when looking for a specific, I can see which of the library's have it, available, or out. Or how many copies of the e-book there are and how many are waiting. I just choose the closest one. I'm partial to books, I do but don't really care for reading on my 'puter or tablet and for sure NOT on my phone.

Think I saw it available at my library... want to borrow my card?

 

[pacanis]

Anxious maybe.

I'm assuming it's free through the library?
Then I'd guess you could run into this.

But it's 16 bucks on Amazon for the E version, so waiting for the free version will probably be worth it.

 

[Andy M.]

Anxious maybe.

I'm assuming it's free through the library?
Then I'd guess you could run into this.

But it's 16 bucks on Amazon for the E version, so waiting for the free version will probably be worth it.

Yea, it's free. Can't afford $16. to read a book.

 

[pacanis]

Yesh, $16 seems pretty high for an E book.

 

[dragnlaw]

Not forgetting, of course, that even paying for it - it is still stored in the 'cloud' and without an internet connection, you cannot read it.
You have to download and store it on your device.

 

[jennyema]

I’m with dragnlaw, here.l.

 

[Andy M.]

With 24 copies of the book circulating among the readers, you would think that at the moment I stepped to the head of the line, the 24 current readers had had the book for anywhere from 2 to 13 days. So logically, a copy of the book should become available every few days.

I'm probably spending more time on this than it warrants. While I'm waiting for books I just read a few others until the reserved book becomes available.

 

[dragnlaw]

Good methodical exercise for your brain. Just think!
You might solved the mystery before Robert Langdon!

 

[caseydog]

I read for a few hours most days. Around the time of the pandemic, I started getting e-books from my local library. I'd download them to a Kindle app and read them wither on my laptop or phone. Then I expanded my reach to include the Boston Public Library because they have a bigger selection. often, when a book is not available locally, the BPL will have it, or vice versa.

Recently I ordered the new Dan Brown book, "The Secret Of Secrets". As time passed, I climbed in position until I reached "You are first in line" There are 24 copies of the book in use. The loan period is two weeks. I have been waiting for over a week for one of 24 people to finish the book so I could download it.

This seems like an inordinate amount of time. I usually read a book in two or three days. Dan Brown books are hard to put down once you start.

Do you think I'm being too impatient?

I am assuming it is free to get it from the Boston Public Library, so you are going to have to wait. Buy it online, and you can get it immediately. Ain't capitalism great?

That was not in any way a political comment... it just is what it is. I just paid $180 for a stinking oil change.

CD

 

[Andy M.]

I am assuming it is free to get it from the Boston Public Library, so you are going to have to wait. Buy it online, and you can get it immediately. Ain't capitalism great?

That was not in any way a political comment... it just is what it is. I just paid $180 for a stinking oil change.

CD

It is free. I've saved a lot of money doing it this way.

Yikes! That's a lot of money for an oil change! For your Mini?

Forgot to mention, the book became available this morning!

 

[HeyItsSara]

I've waited a year for a book, and have had the hold canceled. More than once.

 

[caseydog]

It is free. I've saved a lot of money doing it this way.

Yikes! That's a lot of money for an oil change! For your Mini?

Forgot to mention, the book became available this morning!

The Audi.

CD

 

[rodentraiser]

I've run through all the books in the immediate vicinity around me, including Seattle and other libraries. So now I've had to go on a nationwide search for books. They come from all over, from as far away as Arkansas and New York. Unfortunately, I can only put in orders for 5 books at a time.

So I have to wait until I've finished any or all of the books, turn them in, and wait till they get back to their respective libraries before I can order any more. So there's a huge wait for any book I order. You just get used to it.

But it's also why I buy books on eBay. Or, I just browse up and down the aisles of my library and grab anything that even looks interesting. I've gotten some good books that way, but eventually, I'll have read everything interesting in my local library.

I'm not a fan of ebooks though, and I'm really starting to be ticked off when I have to special order say, children's books I want to read again because they're only offered for Kindles. I had a book I "bought" for my Kindle once from Amazon and then it vanished. So I bought the same book on eBay. Now I know where it's at. Besides, ebooks are filled with errors and it irritates me to no end to see those.

 

[blissful]

@rodentraiser do you have a kindle?
I don't have one but I downloaded the free app to my laptop and I can read kindle books there.

 

[Andy M.]

@rodentraiser do you have a kindle?
I don't have one but I downloaded the free app to my laptop and I can read kindle books there.

I have the Kindle app on both my laptop and iPhone. I can read a book on either one and switch to the other back and forth.

 

[Andy M.]

If I purchase an e-book from Amazon for example. I don't think there is a limit to how many people read it. At least that's the way it is with hard copy books. No publishing company ever broke into a home and confiscated books because too many people were reading them.

 

[Andy M.]

I'm about ¼-⅓ through the book. I'm really enjoying it.

 

[lastmanstanding]

I'm about ¼-⅓ through the book. I'm really enjoying it.

Nice. Did you get it from the library? Hard copy above is 35 USD here. But in LKR it's much cheaper. 7700 as I can remember that's roughly around 26 USD I guess.

 

[jennyema]

I yi yi. My wife and I read a lot. She reads maybe 4 books a week. I read like 1 in 10 days. She reads fiction, I read nonfiction mostly…. Almost all on our kindles or iPads.

I’m currently reading an actual physical book. Bill Bryson’s account of hiking the Appalachian Trail. It’s hysterical. It literally made me pee my pants laughing. Good thing I was home.

I just counted and I have maybe 300 unread books in my Kindle account so I’m going to try to stop buying them. I did buy 3 last week…. Sigh …..