others know more about borrowing that I do, but a short answer is: Borrowing is for books that are NOT in the public domain. Public domain books can be read online or downloaded. Borrowing requires a library account (e.g. your local public library). It works just like borrowing a hard copy book does -- one book, one reader. Otherwise it would be a violation of copyright.
DAISY books are a separate category of books on OL. The "to borrow" books are also available in DAISY format (as are all of the public domain books). There may be books available in DAISY format that are not in the "to borrow" list (I'm not sure about that). In other words, you should be looking at the available DAISY books, not the books available to borrow. kc On 6/26/13 9:52 AM, Mark Klarer wrote: > Hi list, > > I have been given the task of implementing the lending library in open > library on our daisy reader. I was looking it over and came up with this: > > 1. you can borrow EPUBand PDF , not daisy > > 2. when you borrow the book, it is checked out and everyone else has to > wait for its return - why is there only one copy? > > 3. why would anyone borrow a book if they can read it anyway? > > So if anyone can clarify, correct, augment, or confirm any of this thank > you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
