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Originally Posted by KTrain
I don't doubt it is big bucks but the Variety article says only 1% of New York Public Library's 2 million users used the Kanopy service. I really doubt 1/3 of our users are using it.
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Fair enough. It will still be pricey and a risk to be dropped. I'm assuming it is cheaper for them to try Kanopy over Hoopla. It looks like they have dropped Hoopla. Hoopla let users download movies, tv shows, comics, audio books, music and more. It was very costly and I don't know the cost per item. It was initially launched across the province, paid for by the government for a certain amount which wound up lasting only a month or two. Libraries put caps on how many items per month their users could use and wound up dropping the service because they couldn't afford to offer it anymore. I see there is a limit of items per month for Calgary's library users. Hopefully it isn't dropped, it could be a very useful service.