| Rainger99 |
04-04-2025 04:01 PM |
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Originally Posted by Tom52
(Post 2421030)
As stated in an earlier post I use Boundless and Cloud Library thru Lake County Library system. Today I signed into Cloud Library with my Sumter County Library card to compare offerings from each.
I checked availability of two authors, C.J. Box and Linda Castillo. I found the following. Both Sumter County library card and Lake County library card show the same availability thru Cloud Library for both authors. Unfortunately, Boundless currently offers significantly more titles for both authors.
It does not appear to me that Cloud Library is necessarily more comprehensive. I will give one example from my research. Boundless lists 28 ebooks and 33 audio books for C. J. Box. The Cloudless Library lists 17 ebooks and 14 audio books for C.J. Box.
I have noticed that for many authors Cloud Library does not always carry all books in series which is very frustrating. That was something nice about using both systems. You can usually find all the titles between the two. Maybe with Boundless going away it will not be so easy.
As far as the other author, Linda Castillo, Boundless listed 42 ebooks and 31 audio books. Cloud Library listed 17 ebooks and 14 audio books. Quite a difference.
Of course YMMV.
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I have been trying to figure out how many books were available on Boundless and how many are available on CloudLibrary.
It is very difficult to do that. I have checked the library website and they are not very transparent - or if they are, it is hidden.
It would be nice if they had a website listing their budget and how much they spend for boundless, hoopla, CloudLibrary, the WSJ, etc.
Also, it would be nice to understand why they keep changing their ebook platforms. |
