Okay. I think it is easier to download 3M Cloud books, because you find a title and basically you click on it and it downloads. With Overdrive you have to select the format (now of course if you are a Kindle reader user than this is the one you are going to use since you can't use 3M Cloud so in that case it's okay that there is a choice of formats.). You also have to go from the library's webpage with the e-book catalog back to 3M Overdrive to download the books fully. I did discover from doing all of this that there is a way to avoid some of the frustration (minor though it may be ) I've had with Overdrive and getting settings to come up..I'd try tapping at the top or bottom of the page in the book and most of the time I'd ended up paging forwards or backwards and what I really wanted to do was be able to go to settings so, most of the time, I could get out of the book I was reading to return it (this seems easier in 3MCloud). This time I went to the help section of Overdrive in the app and I discovered that if I tap and hold down on the image of the book cover it does bring up 3 small icons with options like delete, return, and share..which is great!
I think it is nice to have both platforms because, although there is some overlap, you do end up with more selection. I think in some ways I like 3M better because it seems like often there are more books not checked out and it seems somewhat easier to use.
I wish our library catalog looked as appealing as the 3M Cloud Library kiosk that we have at Central and Arlington and Hayden Heights...but that's a side matter...
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