Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feed1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx13.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Graham Subject: Re: Disconnected Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: Message-ID: Lines: 32 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:39:21 UTC Organization: blocknews - www.blocknews.net Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 13:39:19 -0600 X-Received-Bytes: 2308 Bytes: 2582 On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 05:22:54 +1000, Gabriel Chevallier wrote: > On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:57:20 -0600, Graham wrote: > >>On 2022-06-25 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote: >>> >>> The library purchases licenses that allow them to loan the ebooks to >>> their members.  I kinda like reading ebooks. There is a bit of a problem >>> with the availability of them.  If I borrow a real book I can renew it >>> online so long as no one else has reserved it. If I can't renew it then >>> I just hold on to it until I am done and pay the late fees. You can't do >>> that with e-books. >> >>The Calgary Public Library doesn't charge late fees anymore - unless you >>keep the book too long, then they charge you for the replacement. >> >>> >>> There is also a problem with reserving e-books.  You never know when >>> they are going to be available. If you reserve a number of them and they >>> come in you have a limited time to pick them up or else the reservation >>> is cancelled and you have to go through the wait all over again. >>> >>I experienced so many problems when I reserved an e-book that I don't >>bother anymore. >>None of the librarians seem to know anything about Kobo operations. > > Isn't Kobo a closed system that only allows you to read Kobo books? I > looked into this a bit when I wanted an e-reader and decided to stay > away from Kobo. Yes, much like the Amazon Kindle. However, Kobo allows one to download books from Canadian public libraries, while Amazon won't.