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Susan
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Dec 23, 2011 07:56AM
help, I want to investigate. Someone had put up a list of websites, that you could borrow ebooks. It is a lending library, and there is a fee for the service. I think somewhere in Chicago or Ill. They use a system called Overdrive, with lots of ebooks to borrow. Unfortunately, where I live not many. Does anyone know the website I am talking about.
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Check also to see if you can get any other cards in your state. I have 5 cards in my state, all free, and each is to a different Overdrive collection.
There are usually media lending libraries in the capitol city of each US state . In my state the public libraries for each city are grouped together into districts. My district does not offer the Overdrive Media lending service. I am allowed to pay an annual 40.00 fee to use the lending services from a larger library. It is so worth it!! I can download different formats of ebooks, listen to audiobooks, and watch videos. Look online for your public library and if they do not offer Overdrive media, call the largest library in your state. Best Wishes!
Thanks for all the suggestions, never thought of the state library. I will have to check it out. Thanks so much. I saw the NYPL, but it was $100. I don't know if it would be worth it. I did pay a small fee in my area, and I never used it was not worth the $. I don't want to go through that again.
I went to my local library and was given instructions how to borrow from their library. It was successful. I would start there.
I know, but in my area there is the city, which I had to pay because I was out of jurisdiction, where I live that don't as yet have e-books, possibly I heard this year. I don't live in a metro area, I live in SC, not many resources there. But, I am going to check out the state library.
When I went the librarian told me how to connect to other regional libraries. They should be able to point you toward a non-paying source. I live outside Philly and have used three different libraries to date.
Susan wrote: "I know, but in my area there is the city, which I had to pay because I was out of jurisdiction, where I live that don't as yet have e-books, possibly I heard this year. I don't live in a metro area..."I live just outside of jurisdiction as well. At first it would only let me borrow ebooks if I lived in jurisdiction, but now I can borrow any ebook. You may just have to wait a little bit for it.
I live in Sacramento, California. So I tried to get a library card in San Francisco and Los Angeles thinking in-state it should be easy. Nope - SF I need to physically bring in the application with ID. In LA, I can't to the e-version unless I live in Los Angeles and again have to bring in ID. Those are pretty much the biggest library systems in the state except for where I live, which is fairly large. I can do Linked though, but that's only for paperbacks or hardbacks that aren't available in Sacramento. No e-books. :(
Carolyn F., Try
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EBook...
Maybe this might help you find some libraries in Cali that you can borrow from. Worse case scenerio you take a road trip day and show them a print off of this information at every branch you can hit. It says most of them are available to residents of the state of California. So as long as you have an ID you should be fine. I looked at the first Los Angeles link and it said available to permanent and temporary residents of California.
Don't pay attention to what it says the number of epubs are....I looked up my library's epub listing and it is actually 11,000+ (I did this by going to browse and adobe epub) so that info is outdated. I hope you can find some libraries.
