04-12-2024, 12:47 AM | #196 |
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Format swapping was never a thing at all with my library until now. The options were to download an ACSM file or read the book in the browser, and you were permitted to do both. The ACSM option was missing this time, though, and there were Kindle and Libby options, instead.
Neither the library website/OverDrive nor the Libby app have the ACSM option; if I try to manage the loan in the app, my options are to read with Kindle or the Libby app, and nothing else. Only libbyapp.com still has the ACSM option, but by the time I found it, I had fiddled around so much that I locked myself out of using it, which I didn't even know was possible. -_- |
04-12-2024, 01:27 AM | #197 |
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That could definitely be your specific library. I am a member of 7 different libraries. Of those, 5 generally have every book in both AZW3 and EPUB format. The other two libraries only have books in AZW3 format. When I check the exact same book across all libraries and don't see EPUB/ACSM on those last two, I know it's not because the book is not available in EPUB format - since the other 5 libraries have it as such. So libraries must have a choice of what format(s) they offer. All 7 libraries are using Overdrive, BTW.
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04-16-2024, 12:20 PM | #198 |
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I've seen that the formats available can differ per book. It's not that a particular format will be available for every ebook the library offers. AFAIK they buy licenses that the publishers offer and those can/are separated by format at the publisher's discretion.
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Could be a licensing thing or something going on with yours though. Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-16-2024 at 02:48 PM. |
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04-16-2024, 09:04 PM | #200 |
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I'm going to try checking out the book from libbyapp.com next time, instead of using the library website, to see if the ACSM option appears that way. I suspect it's been removed from the OverDrive page to try to convince us to migrate to Libby. -_-
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04-17-2024, 09:39 AM | #201 |
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If this was already addressed and I missed it, apologies. But have you tried borrowing a book you have already borrowed in the past that did provide an ACSM, to see if it still does so now?
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04-17-2024, 07:29 PM | #202 |
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Good idea. My library uses both OverDrive and CloudLibrary, so I'm not entirely sure which books I've gotten from where, but I checked out one that I've read in the past, and it still says Libby and Adobe EPUB are my options when I select it. When I actually check it out and click on "Access this item", though, the window gives me Kindle, Libby, and browser options, and that's it.
I then went to libbyapp.com and tried "Manage loan" on the book, and the ACSM option is present. I clicked on it and got an ACSM file, and now "Manage loan" says I'm locked into the ACSM option and can't use Kindle until I borrow the book again. If anyone else is having this problem, make sure you try libbyapp.com, I guess. It seems you can't get ACSM files from OverDrive anymore once the changes roll out to your local library, and you can't get ACSM files from Libby on Android and iOS either, since ADE doesn't run on mobile platforms. |
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04-17-2024, 08:07 PM | #204 |
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I don't know what that means, so probably not.
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05-08-2024, 05:45 PM | #205 |
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My hold became available today, so I went to libbyapp.com, borrowed the book, clicked "Back to Shelf" instead of "Read Now", clicked "Manage Loan" and picked the other ways to read option, and I finally got my ACSM file.
As usual, "progress" has resulted in a system that is much worse than before, but at least I can read my book now. Hopefully this helps somebody who has also struggled to wring ACSM files out of Libby. |
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What does that have to do with library books vs. purchased books, though? library books can be physical or digital.
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Since I mostly read a dozen or so books at a time with an average progress of ca. 100 pages per week, I am simply too slow for the 2-week-period most libraries grant. Sure, sometimes you can enhance that time and keep the books for longer, but often the newer titles are blocked from that in general or because other people wait in the queue, so I have given up on library books and rather focus on my many many backlogged books, both physical and e-books.
I do have a library card, though, and take advantage of their other services like the German BibBot which has a Chrome extension that lets you read journals through a library subscription for free. |
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I am totally happy with my reading behaviour, as it has always been this way ever since I learned to read. I always liked to read many quite different things at any given time, just like you have up to a dozen different dishes each day, liquids included. My reading speed just doesn't match the average time libraries allow you to keep books, so I am not trying to achieve something that would indeed put me under stress: either binge-read a specific title or long for the other books waiting for me. ;-) |
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