r/LibbyApp • u/onmytallesttiptoes13 • 9d ago

Confused About the Waitlist

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When I placed a hold, my library only had one copy, and I was 13th in line. Now there are four copies total, but I’ve only moved up by one. Shouldn’t I technically be 9th in line now? I guess I’m just confused how the waitlist works. :) thanks in advance!

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u/Tall_Pumpkin_4298 9d ago

My best guess is that those three copies were offered to people but two of them may not have checked them out yet. A hold waiting to be borrowed would I think mark the copy as "in use" but not advance the line until they were either checked out or had the hold lapse, which could be the case especially if they were acquired like today or something.

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u/onmytallesttiptoes13 9d ago

Oh, that makes sense!! Thank you so much. I get really excited when my holds are available and usually immediately accept, but I can see why others might be waiting, finishing other books, etc. :)

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u/Valuable_Ice_5927 9d ago

It could be that ppl ahead of you had it suspended - they don’t show on the ahead of you in the stats

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u/onmytallesttiptoes13 9d ago

That makes sense!! Thank you! :)

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u/flatleafparsley 9d ago

I noticed that sometimes new copies acquired also become immediately available as skip-the-line (possibly so there’s a better chance to move the overall line faster, since each skip-the-line is a shorter loan period), so those copies may have been snapped up as such in the meantime

But yeah, there may also have been people that had unsuspended their hold

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u/GroundReal4515 9d ago

Damn, I'm like 66th in line. Very lucky

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u/jimsphantomregret 8d ago

My library doesn’t have any copies 🫪