07-13-2010, 09:40 PM | #1 |
Is that a sandwich?
Posts: 8,219
Karma: 101696762
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Nook Glowlight Plus
|
How many e-books does your library offer?
Since Overdrive allows you to select "view all ebooks" it's easy to determine.
Mine offers 755 in suburban New Jersey. |
07-13-2010, 09:44 PM | #2 |
Fanatic
Posts: 528
Karma: 131098
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: a ferry ride from Seattle
Device: Kindle Fire (5th Gen), Nook Color
|
877 in my west-of-Seattle county library system. Some of them look like they would free books to me, though.
|
Advert | |
|
07-13-2010, 10:07 PM | #3 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,698
Karma: 4748723
Join Date: Dec 2007
Device: Kindle Paperwhite
|
Clevnet (Cleveland) has 4,951 epubs, 12,643 PDFs, and 5,308 Mobipocket ebooks. I don't see a way to do a "view all." Unfortunately for me, Clevnet is heavily weighted to toward the Romance demographic.
Last edited by carld; 07-13-2010 at 10:10 PM. |
07-13-2010, 10:25 PM | #4 |
Wizzard
Posts: 11,517
Karma: 33048258
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Roundworld
Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia
|
239 Mobipocket, 414 ePub, 4884 PDF, 1100 MP3, 4256 WMA across 8 languages in BC; shared throughout because there's only 4.5 million people in the entire province and they mostly live near the border anyway.
|
07-13-2010, 10:41 PM | #5 |
Bookaholic
Posts: 14,391
Karma: 54969924
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Minnesota
Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +
|
The Philadelphia Free Library has 1,371 epub and 616 PDF books. That's unique books not counting multiple copies of some books. They seem to add quite a few new books each month.
My actual local library (Hennepin County MN) is launching it's ebooks on July 19th with 700 titles. |
Advert | |
|
07-13-2010, 10:53 PM | #6 |
My True Self
Posts: 3,126
Karma: 66242098
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Trantor, Galactic Center
Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
|
Free Philadelphia Library
EPUB – 1,371 PDF – 616 I listen to audiobooks while driving MP3 audiobooks – 819 WMA audiobooks – 3,347 Bucks County Free Library EPUB – 277 PDF – 136 I listen to audiobooks while driving MP3 audiobooks – 213 WMA audiobooks – 2,973 If you can get ONE library card in Pennsylvania you can get free cards from most of the other Pennsylvania libraries. Start off with the Free Philadelphia Library card. That’s cheaper. EDIT - AnemicOak beat me to the punch. |
07-13-2010, 11:10 PM | #7 |
The Omega and Alpha
Posts: 34
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2010
Device: Kobo
|
0, I live in Australia so I guess the whole ebook thing hasn't taken over here, sigh. Anyone know of international libraries that lend out ebooks free(or small one time fee) over the internet?
|
07-13-2010, 11:15 PM | #8 | |
Bookaholic
Posts: 14,391
Karma: 54969924
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Minnesota
Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +
|
Quote:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79848 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77466 |
|
07-13-2010, 11:20 PM | #9 | |
Wizzard
Posts: 11,517
Karma: 33048258
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Roundworld
Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia
|
Quote:
A couple of them will let non-residents borrow for a modest annual fee, though I don't know if they define allowable non-residents as living on the same continent or not. In any case, it can't hurt to email and ask. I've heard that the Philadelphia library accepts international money orders for the payment; I think I saw a thread here on MR about it a couple of weeks back. Also check Overdrive's own Search for a Library function. They've got a bunch of listings for Australia, and if you happen to live in one of the areas covered, you may be in luck. Selection on the one I tried looking up in New South Wales was kind of low (74 fiction, 268 non), but you have to start somewhere and hopefully people checking the ebooks out will encourage them to add to the collection. Last edited by ATDrake; 07-13-2010 at 11:39 PM. Reason: Add Overdrive library search. |
|
07-13-2010, 11:24 PM | #10 |
Evangelist
Posts: 487
Karma: 344188
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon, USA
Device: Verizon Ellipsis Tablit w/Kindle and Nook apps.
|
Washington county, Oregon) has 6989 ebooks, and now recognizes the Kobo reader (in addition to the Sonys and Nook.)
|
07-14-2010, 12:34 AM | #11 |
Member
Posts: 20
Karma: 962
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Kindle 2.5.3
|
ZERO... which is why I have a Kindle.
|
07-14-2010, 12:39 AM | #12 | |
My True Self
Posts: 3,126
Karma: 66242098
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Trantor, Galactic Center
Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
|
Quote:
Oh well. Looked good for a minute. |
|
07-14-2010, 12:46 AM | #13 |
Human
Posts: 47
Karma: 1264
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo, iPhone
|
Zilch.
|
07-14-2010, 02:59 AM | #14 |
Chocolate Grasshopper ...
Posts: 27,599
Karma: 20821184
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW
|
UK is there on Overdrive, all the available regional options currently return an 'error'
|
07-14-2010, 03:22 AM | #15 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 9,707
Karma: 32763414
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Krewerd
Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
|
ebooks??? At the library? I fear that's something for the far future here...
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
bewrite books: free offer | neilmarr | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 61 | 09-21-2010 07:51 AM |
W H Smiths - Half price e-books offer | Erinath | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 26 | 08-31-2010 10:44 AM |
Does Sony ever offer free books? | sherbearjt08 | Sony Reader | 9 | 01-06-2010 07:58 PM |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB eBook Downloads | Kris777 | News | 31 | 01-21-2009 06:43 PM |
Illinois library to offer free ebooks, audiobooks with a catch | Brian | News | 3 | 09-06-2005 08:50 PM |