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The Singapore Public Library is no longer available to non-residents.
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Removed post. Harry had already said what I was about to, but I didn't see it.
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I found this great list a few days ago:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...ing-overdrive/ (see article for links) Quote:
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I believe that with most of these you have to physically visit the library to register.
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10-04-2012, 07:21 AM | #20 |
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10-04-2012, 07:10 PM | #21 |
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I can't speak for the other ones, but The Free Library of Philadelphia allows you to do everything online. Additionally, if you are a veteran or active duty, there is no charge, which is how I got it. I believe there are other options to get it free of charge as well, but I don't recall so I would check first.
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Sorry for necroposting...
Is this still possible to do? Can I sign a USA or other country library and pay the yearly fee to access OverDrive books? |
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Free Library of Philadelphia and Orange County (Florida), both in USA, allow non-local customers paying a yearly fee.
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09-19-2016, 08:52 PM | #24 |
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The MobileRead Wiki has a list of libraries that you don't have to appear in person or be a resident to get a card that gives you access to downloadable ebooks.
My experience is that Brooklyn Public Library is really on the ball with this...you sign up online, get your card number in an e-mail, and pay the fee online. You can be checking out books in less than 2 days from when you first sign up. Orange County, OTOH, seems to have no connection between the computers that authorize library cards and their website. So, you sign up, and in 7-10 business days, you'll get a library card in the mail. Then, you use that to log into their site, pay the fee online, then wait until a human being gets the notice that you have paid the fee and flags your account as OK for borrowing ebooks. It took 20 days from the day I filled out the online form (which, BTW, requires you to fill in the Florida Driver's License number field, even if you don't live in FL...just put "none") until I could check out books online. If you sign up for these two, you cover a lot of the books available through Overdrive. |
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If you belong to a local library without Overdrive, see what other libraries have reciprocal agreements with your library. You might have access to a library with Overdrive and don't realize it. |
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Sorry to bear bad news, but The Free Library of Philadelphia [FLP] blogged the following on July 15, 2013:
Free Library Updates Library Card and Fine Policies By Michelle S. Mon, July 15, 2013 Quote:
At FLP, adult cards don't expire, so it appears we nonresident cardholders have been grandfathered. In contrast, BiblioTech library cards expire after five years, at which time we nonresident cardholders won't be eligible to renew. Last edited by Froide; 09-21-2016 at 10:43 PM. |
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