[OPLINLIST] Ebooks from both Overdrive and 3M?

[Phil Shirley]

I would be interested to hear from anyone who's offering ebooks from 
both Overdrive and 3M, or anyone who has any thoughts on doing that. We 
already have Overdrive (Ohio Digital Library), and I like the simplicity 
of having just one ebook system for patrons to learn, not to mention the 
availability of titles in Kindle format (which 3M doesn't have).

I can think of some reasons we might want to add 3M ebooks. Their 
program for downloading ebooks seems easier than using Adobe Digital 
Editions with Overdrive; I like 3M's stance on ownership of ebooks; and, 
I like the idea of not having all our eggs in one basket.

Also, since we have III's Encore, our patrons would be able to search 
for and check out both 3M and Overdrive titles in Encore (after they add 
Overdrive to Encore next year). There would still be different processes 
of downloading the titles and transferring them to a device, and there 
would still be different mobile apps, of course.

What are your thoughts on this? Are there other things to consider, 
especially other advantages of adding 3M? If your library offers both, 
what benefit do you get from doing so? There are some things I like 
about 3M's ebooks, but I can't see how adding them would benefit our 
patrons very much.

Phil


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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org

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