Of course, this has drawbacks. If you rely on a smartphone to read and want to keep your library ebooks longer, putting your phone in airplane mode essentially turns it into a brick or, you know, just a regular phone that also has reading capabilities and a limited library and maybe some games. However, airplane mode still might be a problem. And, naturally, the ethics of doing this are a bit fuzzy.
If your library charges fines for overdue print books, you would be avoiding those fines by returning a digital book late. After reading it for a few days, it simply disappeared from my ereader. I guess it no longer had DRM but kept an expiry date. Thank you. Originally Posted by Shohreh. I'm unsure if these books 1 would be able to open at all on a Kindle,. Originally Posted by eschwartz. You will know if a book has DRM, because if it does, then only the authorized user can read it.
Moderator Notice Confirmation of what I suspected all along MobileRead does not condone ebook theft, see our Posting Guidelines item 8. Last edited by eschwartz; at PM. Tags library books. All times are GMT The time now is AM.
Mark Forums Read. How library e-books expire. User Name. Remember Me? Tip Got Facebook? I noticed this by accident when I returned a library book before I had finished it but it was still on my Kindle. It seems they do not disappear from my computer nor from my Kindle unless I turn off the airplane mode.
I only read the books and am satisfied to return them once i am finished. One of the problems I have run across is not having enough time to read the books as they come in on reserve. I typically have the problem of everything coming in at once just like regular books. How many of us have failed to return a print library book on time? However some have made a bigger leap. I had the opposite happen to me.
I have a Nook and rarely turn on the wifi. Most of the books I read are from my library and on,y require connection to the PC. Anyway in the middle of reading an eBook from Overdrive, I turned off the Nook.
When I turned it on about an hour later, the eBook had disappeared. That is when I discovered that it was the last day of the rental.
I had never had that happen before as I usually read my eBooks quickly. I was told by the librarian yes at the public library locally to simply NOT hook my Nook tablet to the PC after the 14 day deadline is up. Havent had to try it yet. Have not turned of wifi either but will take that precaution if close to deadline date.
Interesting concept! Let me see if I am following the logic here. So I am the librarian and I have a Kindle title in my collection that I have purchased access to 10 copies.
And so because the process of terminating the loan and the removing the file from the device is separate, the library can actually get more access to the title than what they have purchased. Is that about right? Sorry James I think you missed a couple of things. This post says nothing about libraries buying or lending the Kindles themselves, in fact I would strongly recommend that libraries NOT do that. This post is general advice for people individuals, not libraries who own kindles, of which I am one.
I am referring to your comments about tricking the system so they can circumvent the rules of the access of titles. Overdrive and publishers are allowing your patrons access to a selected number of copies with a maximum about of time checkout allotted. With your approach you could conservable have 20 copies out at a time with 10 access copies paid for.
It is happening right now on millions of devices across the country owned by people who have no idea that it is happening. Seems to me that Bobbi is just another bibliophile telling her online friends about a neat trick she discovered on her kindle. I do this but feel guilty, because we are breaking the publisher agreement with library. More importantly: how unethical is it? What penalties — if any — would be appropriate?
If the Kindle could monitor its database and charge us overdue fines, would that be enough? I figured. To do this my first library checkout. I was reading the book but just needed a little extra time.
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