This fall’s audiobook lineup is stacked.
Sarah J. Maas fans have two new entries in the fan-favorite Court of Thorns and Roses series to devour, Hunger Games mania is roaring back ahead of next month’s Sunrise on the Reaping movie, and a plethora of other works are burning up the digital shelves. Patron demand is real, and so is the pressure on your budget.
But there’s good news: Hoopla offers three separate license types for these titles that, when used together, stretch further than any single model could alone. Think of Instant, Flex, and Instant Bundles as three tools in the same toolbox rather than three separate catalogs.
Meet immediate high demand with Hoopla’s new Instant Bundles, a set number of circulations available at one flat, discounted rate with unlimited simultaneous access. Every patron who wants a title gets it at once, and your budget doesn’t move no matter how many people check it out that day or that month.
Your library gets the lowest possible cost per circ when the Instant Bundle reaches full utilization.
Keep your collection from shrinking with a Flex perpetual one copy/one user license, much like the traditional licensing your patrons already know from other library apps.
Your library owns the copy outright, one patron borrows it at a time, and a holds queue forms when demand outpaces supply. It trades instant access for a known, fixed cost and lasting ownership.
Once demand dies down, the Instant pay per use is the model on which Hoopla has built its reputation. A patron taps borrow and the audiobook is theirs immediately, no holds and no waiting. Your library only pays when a patron actually checks it out, so you’re never guessing how many copies to stock ahead of demand you can’t fully predict.
Here’s the part that makes the system actually work: these aren’t three separate collections competing for the same title. The titles below are available to your library in all three models at once, so nothing forces you to pick a single license and live with it. A title that needs to be everywhere on release day can run as an Instant Bundle for that first surge, then settle into Flex or Instant once the initial wave passes, all without switching vendors or re-licensing from scratch.
That flexibility is on full display in this season’s most in-demand titles:
Court of Thorns and Roses Installments
Hunger Games
Titles riding the Sunrise on the Reaping wave, including:
The Epic Romantasy
Backlist Additions
Every one of these titles is available in Instant, Flex, and Instant Bundles, and that’s the real advantage of the system: choosing the right combination of license types leads to fewer waitlists, fewer budget surprises, and the freedom to change your approach as demand shifts, instead of getting stuck with one license.
Talk to your Hoopla rep today about building your mix across Instant, Flex, and Instant Bundles, and see for yourself how the Hoopla system helps you get more out of your audiobook budget.
