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<p>I replied to Joe privately about our concerns re: Freegal, but we are discontinuing it for the same reasons as Sue from Eastpointe has explained. There are lots of free streaming music choices. We pay almost 4K for our subscription for only a handful of users. Freegal doesn't seem as competitive or as cool as it once did. </p>
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<p>On 08/09/2022 12:24, Sue Todd via Michlib-l wrote:</p>
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<p>We are discontinuing Freegal because in the last six months only 2 users are accessing it. Even when heavily promoted we never have more than 6-7 users. Users tend to stream more than downloading music. I believe there are so many ways to stream music today that most patrons choose Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon over Freegal. </p>
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<pre><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kind Regards,
Sue Todd
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Eastpointe Memorial Library
15875 Oak
Eastpointe, MI 48021
586-445-5096
www.cityofeastpointe.net
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<p>On 08.09.2022 9:12 AM, Deb Hemmye via Michlib-l wrote:</p>
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<div>My disappointment as a Freegal user was that so many of their selections were knock-offs of the originals. Or cuts made by the original artists, but not the cut released to the broader public. Sometimes I liked these better, but I still wanted the official version. On the other hand, it <em>is </em>free.</div>
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<div>At the same time, I don't sense that our patrons use Freegal very much. I am in the process of trying to get usage stats, but haven't gotten very far on that yet. I'm basing this mostly on the fact that I've never had a question about Freegal, but maybe that's only a testament to its ease of use???</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'georgia' , serif; font-size: 13pt;"><em>Deb Hemmye</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Library Director</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Huntington Woods Public Library</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif; font-size: 11pt;">26415 Scotia Road</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Huntington Woods, MI 48070</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif; font-size: 11pt;">248-543-9720, ext. 686</span></div>
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<div><strong>From: </strong>"Winter, Donna" <dwinter@livoniapubliclibrary.org><br /><strong>To: </strong>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org>, "Turbok, Joseph" <jturbok@sccl.lib.mi.us><br /><strong>Sent: </strong>Monday, August 8, 2022 12:55:25 PM<br /><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [Michlib-l] Thoughts on Freegal?</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>From:</strong> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Turbok, Joseph via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br /> <strong>Sent:</strong> Monday, August 8, 2022 12:46 PM<br /> <strong>To:</strong> 'michlib-l@mcls.org' <michlib-l@mcls.org><br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> [Michlib-l] Thoughts on Freegal?</span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Would any libraries with Freegal be willing to share their thoughts and/or concerns with the service? I am interested in possibly pushing for more digital resources at our library and was interested in other libraries' experience. </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Joseph Turbok</span>- Senior Librarian for Adult Services<span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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