Falling Free up on Overdrive
Yay! Its entry has appeared on their vendor page...
https://www.overdrive.com/media/42480...
As before, I would be most interested in comments from librarians and library patrons about their experiences with my titles in this format.
Three more titles are upcoming. I will post again when they surface. They will be:
Shards of Honor
The Warrior's Apprentice
"Penric's Demon"
Ta, L.
https://www.overdrive.com/media/42480...
As before, I would be most interested in comments from librarians and library patrons about their experiences with my titles in this format.
Three more titles are upcoming. I will post again when they surface. They will be:
Shards of Honor
The Warrior's Apprentice
"Penric's Demon"
Ta, L.
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Purchase suggested! Great timing -- looks like we recently withdrew our last physical copy and were down to the e-audiobook.
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I added Spirit Ring to my library's Overdrive collection yesterday. It's already checked out and there's 1 hold. There are wait lists on 7 other Bujold titles in our collection (ebook and downloadable audiobook) and 9 titles are available for checkout and download. I just checked circulation statistics, and they've been very popular in our collection.
Living in rural B.C. and with our local library an hour away Overdrive is a life saver. This is how I first discovered you when I listened to the audiobook of The Warrior's Apprentice. I went on to buy Shards of Honor and Barrayar from Audible. After listening to the three I promptly suggested to my wife that she get caught up with me (as I waited impatiently) so we could listen to the rest of the series together. We're big fans and looking forward to discovering your other series.
Nuts! none of my sources have the eBook, only the Audio. (Overdrive, Hoopla, Fread, Cloud Library)
Carol wrote: "Nuts! none of my sources have the eBook, only the Audio. (Overdrive, Hoopla, Fread, Cloud Library)"
I believe individual library systems have to purchase each title from Overdrive for their collections. All of the Overdrive catalog does not automagically appear (unlike Amazon.) Librarians more familiar with the inner workings of this from the other end are invited to explain, expound, expand, or correct.
So you'd have to request your library to get it, and then wait while it does. You won't find the title from those other vendors because we've only placed it on Overdrive, by way of experiment.
If you don't want to wait, or, y'know, want to keep the ebook longer than a couple of weeks, there's still Amazon. (And iTunes and Nook.)
Ta, L.
For Overdrive, that's correct. Although, generally, you can expand your search to include recommendations, and if overdrive can provide the ebook you searched for to your library, it will show up there & then you can recommend the purchase to your library. For hoopla, as long as the library has hoopla, the ebook will generally be available for everyone without waits or holds.
I'm not sure about the other library resources mentioned.
I do use overdrive audio and e-book downloads a lot, especially to try new authors whose work I might or might not like. Lois's books I BUY Kindle and audio versions as soon as they become available.
Margaret wrote: "I do use overdrive audio and e-book downloads a lot, especially to try new authors whose work I might or might not like. Lois's books I BUY Kindle and audio versions as soon as they become available."I buy the new hardcovers from Bujold, Cherryh and Lee and Miller.
I read 150 to 200 books a year, so I try to borrow them.
Lois wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nuts! none of my sources have the eBook, only the Audio. (Overdrive, Hoopla, Fread, Cloud Library)"
I believe individual library systems have to purchase each title from Overdrive f..."
Thanks Lois! I'm a long time fan. I have read Falling Free several times (as well your other books.). Since a few years ago I always BUY your new Hardcovers.
Lois wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nuts! none of my sources have the eBook, only the Audio. (Overdrive, Hoopla, Fread, Cloud Library)"
I believe individual library systems have to purchase each title from Overdrive f..."
Thanks, Lois. I am a long time fan. I have read Falling Free several times (as well as your other books). Since a few years ago, I always BUY your new hardcovers.
