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Old 01-06-2012, 12:56 AM   #91
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Out here in the colonies our ebook selection is geo restricted so we're a bit thin on the ground.
Can't you get to the Singapore Library? They don't seem to geo-restrict at all, I go to them for anything my local library doesn't have.
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Old 01-06-2012, 10:13 PM   #92
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My library is the exact opposite. The refuse to bring in anything but white bread romance, with the occasional exception of paranormal, and then only the most popular ones. Booooooooring.
I talked to my local librarian, who is in charge of purchasing ebooks. She said each of the libraries in the consortiom buy their own books, and then make them available to everyone in the consortiom. She said she only buys bestseller ebooks.

The thing I find facinating (and am thinking of becoming involved in changing) is that all of the big villages are in one consortiom, and all of the little villages are in another consortiom. For example, my village (pop 7000) is between two villages of 100,000 each. The two neighboring villages are in one consortiom, and my little village is in a consortiom with distant, and similar sized, villages. Seems a strange way to run things.
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Can't you get to the Singapore Library? They don't seem to geo-restrict at all, I go to them for anything my local library doesn't have.
Yes we can access it - and I do! Great selection there, but I'd like to see my local library expand as well. Somehow I think that the days of unlimited borrowing from Singapore will be limited.
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Yes we can access it - and I do! Great selection there, but I'd like to see my local library expand as well. Somehow I think that the days of unlimited borrowing from Singapore will be limited.
I have that feeling too. sigh. Well, I'll use it while I can.
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