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Rainger99 08-13-2024 02:07 PM
Hoopla is limited to 5 books a day for the entire county!
 
I was on the Sumter County Library website and was trying to check a book out on Hoopla which is a digital library - books, videos, etc.

However, when I tried to check a book out, I got the following message.

The collective daily borrow limit set by your library has been reached and will reset at midnight. Please browse and add titles to favorites so you can easily access them after midnight.

I called the library to find out what the library's daily borrowing limit is and they told me that it is 5 books for the entire county. Not five books per patron - five for the county!!

According to Wikipedia, the population of the county was 129,752 in 2020. Assuming that 25% of the people have library cards, that would be 32,500 people having access to just five books a day on Hoopla.

Stu from NYC 08-13-2024 02:10 PM
Its 5 books per patron. Been using it for some time now.

5 books for entire county makes no sense at all

Rainger99 08-13-2024 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2359777)
Its 5 books per patron. Been using it for some time now.

5 books for entire county makes no sense at all
I agree that it doesn't make any sense. But that is what the woman told me. I specifically asked if that was per person or for the entire library and she said it was for the entire library. I hope she is wrong.

See if you can check a book out now.

fdpaq0580 08-13-2024 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2359776)
I was on the Sumter County Library website and was trying to check a book out on Hoopla which is a digital library - books, videos, etc.

However, I when I tried to check a book out, I got the following message.

The collective daily borrow limit set by your library has been reached and will reset at midnight. Please browse and add titles to favorites so you can easily access them after midnight.

I called the library to find out what the library's daily borrowing limit is and they told me that it is 5 books for the entire county. Not five books per patron - five for the county!!

According to Wikipedia, the population of the county was 129,752 in 2020. Assuming that 25% of the people have library cards, that would be 32,500 people having access to just five books a day on Hoopla.
Use it all the time. 5 books for the "county" is incorrect.

retiredguy123 08-13-2024 02:49 PM
As I understand it, each patron can only borrow 5 books per month on Hoopla, not per day.

Rainger99 08-13-2024 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2359794)
Use it all the time. 5 books for the "county" is incorrect.
See if you can check a book out right now. I checked out one book this month so far and tried to check a second one out an hour ago and was told that the library had reached its daily limit.

retiredguy123 08-13-2024 03:01 PM
There is a 5 books per month per patron limit.

But, there is also a collective daily limit for the county, but it is higher than 5 books.

Personally, I can't read a book before it expires, so I usually just buy the book and download it to my Kindle.

Rainger99 08-13-2024 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2359805)
But, there is also a collective daily limit for the county, but it is higher than 5 books.
What is the collective daily limit?

I called the library and they told me that it was 5 a day.

Stu from NYC 08-13-2024 03:32 PM
Actually according to my reader it is called Boundless.

I have never seen a reason to take out more than a couple of books at a time but do know for a fact maximum books on reserve is 5.

That is annoying to me as depending upon how far back the books I have on reserve can take months before I get them so often 5 is too little but that is the max.

Kenswing 08-13-2024 03:35 PM
Have you considered Kindle Unlimited? Although it costs a few bucks a month you can borrow up to 20 books at a time and they don’t expire.

retiredguy123 08-13-2024 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2359810)
What is the collective daily limit?

I called the library and they told me that it was 5 a day.
I don't know. The county would know, but I'm not sure they will tell you.

retiredguy123 08-13-2024 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2359815)
Actually according to my reader it is called Boundless.

I have never seen a reason to take out more than a couple of books at a time but do know for a fact maximum books on reserve is 5.

That is annoying to me as depending upon how far back the books I have on reserve can take months before I get them so often 5 is too little but that is the max.
Hoopla and Boundless are 2 different apps. I think one is for ebooks and one is for other media. If you download the Sumter County app entitled "library2go" you will have access to both Boundless and Hoopla.

Stu from NYC 08-13-2024 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2359823)
Hoopla and Boundless are 2 different apps. I think one is for ebooks and one is for other media. If you download the Sumter County app entitled "library2go" you will have access to both Boundless and Hoopla.
I just use Boundless. The contract with that provider only allows users to put 5 books on hold at any time. I have learned that I can take out a book with no waiting time even when having 5 on hold.

retiredguy123 08-13-2024 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 2359816)
Have you considered Kindle Unlimited? Although it costs a few bucks a month you can borrow up to 20 books at a time and they don’t expire.
Kindle Unlimited is great if you read a lot of books and don't care about the new release best sellers. But, I don't think it will give you access to the latest book releases. For example, the latest James Patterson book, "Hard to Kill" is not available on Kindle Unlimited.

Stu from NYC 08-13-2024 04:28 PM
Just got boundless notification that a book I have had on hold can be downloaded. Since I have 2 books right now will wait till weekend to check it out.


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