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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've gotten into audiobooks in the past few years. I usually get them from the Montgomery County library or Hoopla. But MCPL just switched our Hoopla book limit to 5 per month (which I hit after about 2 weeks) and the hold list for audiobooks at the county is insane. Like I'm #733 on one list, #256 on another and so on. I honestly think that the 10 hold limit is too high [u]because we can all go on there as soon as a book is coming out and get in line, times 10.[/u][b] Waiting 26 weeks for a book is ridiculous. Even the librarians' list of recommended audiobooks is full of books with long wait lists! (There are about 4 books on that list that can be checked out now, but at least 3 of them are part of a series and are not book 1 in that series.)

Do other libraries in this area have a lower hold allowance? What do they allow on Hoopla?

If anyone can tell me how Audible works out in terms of the cost per book, I might consider signing up. I'm interested in any other sources for borrowing audiobooks. I read them on my long commute and while I do mundane chores, so I burn through them pretty quickly. [/quote]

Listen to older books. Focus less on new releases.[/quote]

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