Our downloadable eBook and audiobook service continues to
be very popular. We hope that you’ll be excited about our new
addition to this service. It’s called OverDrive
Advantage.
Our downloadable eBooks and
audiobooks is a shared service with seven other Nova Scotia regional public
libraries. The cost of the books is
shared by all, with the exception of an Advantage collection. OverDrive Advantage allows us to purchase
additional copies of titles that will be available to only the users of the
Annapolis Valley Regional Library. For
titles where we have purchased additional copies AVRL users are basically on
two separate lists. Let me explain: For every 8 holds our users have on a title
we are purchasing an additional copy for use only by our users. For example, if there are 16 AVRL holds on a
title we will purchase two additional copies.
The shared titles, as our two exclusive copies, will continue to be used
by these 16 holds. An AVRL user could be
40th in the shared list, but only 7th in ours. It is
set up to get our users a copy as soon as possible.
Look for the Advantage symbol on
the cover. Make sure you sign in to see all of the titles available, because the advantage
titles don’t show up unless you are signed
in. We hope that you will see reduced
wait times for those popular titles.
Remember you can check them out
for 1 – 3 weeks, and it is all free and without any late fees. Also, the MP3 audiobooks can now be
transferred to a jump drive for use in your car or other player.
Happy reading,
Charlotte Janes, Head of Systems
and Administration
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