This is Cloud Library’s largest shortcoming and perhaps OverDrive’s biggest edge. But there’s no way to get Cloud Library books on Kindle e-book readers like the Voyage or the Paperwhite. Installing the app on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets-I tried it and it works. You can transfer books onto physical e-book readers from the likes of Sony, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble via the Cloud Library desktop app, as well. You can also read Cloud Library books in theĪdobe Digital Editions for Mac, because 3M uses Adobe encryption. The Cloud Library Mac app works well too. Some, like Comics & Graphic Novels, have slim pickings. My checked-out books are shown against a wooden backdrop (ugh), a Shelves area shows long rows of other books in popular categories, and a Categories section allows users drill down into 52 topic areas, from Antiques & Collectibles to True Crime. I treat these as a single, gigantic library with untold e-treasures available for download with a click or a tap-but each lending system has shortcomings.Ĭloud Library app for Mac is in even greater need of interface updates, though it is fairly functional in its current form. I use OverDrive and 3M Cloud Library interchangeably because they never seem to have the same titles available. The latter is possible because OverDrive has a deal with Amazon to use its Kindle Store as a distribution hub. OverDrive takes a multi-pronged approach by making e-books available as elegant Web apps, downloadable files, or Kindle e-books. Gone is a dreadful skeuomorphic-wood bookcase, replaced with the minimalist interfaceĪndroid users have been enjoying for months. Version 2.0 of its iPhone and iPad app with a dramatically improved interface. Now things are looking up.ģM Cloud Library has gone far in version 2. Access in your region may vary, but chances are good your local library uses at least one of these services.3M Cloud Library and OverDrive take different approaches to library-book distribution, and neither did a good job until recently.
Paul public library uses both, as do other Twin Cities library systems. OverDrive and 3M Cloud Library are rival services that offer vast e-book catalogs for deployment by public libraries.
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