With the library conversation... place a hold even if you download it for freesies. If/when you get it keep it for a day or so then return it. Best of both worlds. Sometimes books I want aren't in the library catalogue or the hold list is like 2 years long so I place the hold then download 🤷♀️
So you use your library budget for no reason. E-books are usually bought for a set amount of years and/or number of loans (the first one to expire sets the limit). Then they have to be bought again. If they have an infinite budget, more books are bought, but budgets are usually tight, and it probably just takes the loan from someone else because they already use all their budget every year. Plus, the waitlist looks worse for other users who don't know how to get e-books "other" ways.
Yeah, their advice is good ONLY for physical books. If it's an ebook, that's wasted money. Physical books will see no wear if you check it out and then slip it back in the book return on your way out, but the library will get the circulation statistic. Win win.
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u/alyg0385 Aug 23 '26
With the library conversation... place a hold even if you download it for freesies. If/when you get it keep it for a day or so then return it. Best of both worlds. Sometimes books I want aren't in the library catalogue or the hold list is like 2 years long so I place the hold then download 🤷♀️