![]() ![]() 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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