Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB eBook Downloads - Page 2

desertgrandma · 01-19-2009, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CopperTrail

I do have the KindlePID utility installed and know how to use it, I've just not yet had a reason to

Our city's library is a Cuyahoga County Public Library branch, and I'm a member of this library.

Hopefully I can get a Cleveland Public Library card, I don't know how they base their memberships.

My son-in-law and family live in Cuyahoga Falls!

CopperTrail · 01-19-2009, 07:58 PM

That's the think, none of those branches are in my city. I don't see anything on their site about membership, I'm going to call tomorrow to find out what I need to do. Thanks for all your help

FizzyWater · 01-19-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CopperTrail

I do have the KindlePID utility installed and know how to use it, I've just not yet had a reason to

Our city's library is a Cuyahoga County Public Library branch, and I'm a member of this library.

Hopefully I can get a Cleveland Public Library card, I don't know how they base their memberships.

If your card looks like the one on the Cuyahoga County Public Library "sign in" section, it's a CLEVNET card.

And even more luck for you - Cuyahoga County Public Library has its own ebook site, too. So you can check both of them for books you want to read!

CopperTrail · 01-19-2009, 08:16 PM

Sure enough, on the back of the card, it says it can be used at all Cuyahoga, Cleveland, and CLEVNET libraries, looks like I'm in

wallcraft · 01-19-2009, 11:59 PM

CLEVNET has 5169 MOBI ebooks (readable on the Kindle via KindleFIX), 9803 PDF ebooks, and 143 ePub ebooks. Note that many of the titles are available in multiple formats.

CopperTrail · 01-20-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

CLEVNET has 5169 MOBI ebooks (readable on the Kindle via KindleFIX), 9803 PDF ebooks, and 143 ePub ebooks. Note that many of the titles are available in multiple formats.

Tried to access the 3rd party eBook site of the Cuyahoga Library, a little digging told me I have to stop in at my branch and get a PIN.

I'm stopping in this evening and will also inquire about a PIN for the CLEVENET site.

FizzyWater · 01-20-2009, 07:30 PM

Hmmm....I don't use a PIN on either site. I'm at work, so can't tell you what I do see, but I know I just enter my CLEVNET library card number. (A library card I picked up in a little branch library in Avon, Ohio - so it's not like it's a handy-dandy-super-special one from Cleveland itself).

CopperTrail · 01-20-2009, 11:05 PM

Hi Fizzy -

Stopped by my local branch this evening and set up a user account for the Cuyahoga Library eBook site, now I can log in from home.

Went to Clevnet eBook site while I was there. You're right, no PIN. It asks for your library card # and it told me mine was invalid (even though the back of my Cuyahoga card says it works at all CPL and Clevnet libraries). I'll give them a call tomorrow.

carld · 01-20-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

CLEVNET has 5169 MOBI ebooks (readable on the Kindle via KindleFIX), 9803 PDF ebooks, and 143 ePub ebooks. Note that many of the titles are available in multiple formats.

80% or which are romances.... well not really, but they're really heavily stocked in that genre.

CopperTrail · 01-20-2009, 11:31 PM

Just logged into the netlibrary site and really didn't find anything. Typed in a couple of popular authors, nothing. Mostly "Build your resume . . ." and "How to succeed . . ." type books.

desertgrandma · 01-20-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CopperTrail

Just logged into the netlibrary site and really didn't find anything. Typed in a couple of popular authors, nothing. Mostly "Build your resume . . ." and "How to succeed . . ." type books.

If you like Agatha Christie, they have a ton of those..hard to find in mobipocket format in libraries.

Kris777 · 01-21-2009, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by carld

80% or which are romances.... well not really, but they're really heavily stocked in that genre.

Did you find any technical or computer related ebooks?

desertgrandma · 01-21-2009, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

Did you find any technical or computer related ebooks?

Anyone can go there and search their catalog......

http://www.cpl.org/index.php?q=node/90

Kris777 · 01-21-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Anyone can go there and search their catalog......

http://www.cpl.org/index.php?q=node/90

I just checked and didn't find any eBook titles for Java. Just paper books available

jj2me · 01-21-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CopperTrail

Its really difficult reading this thread being a Kindle owner who lives in the Cleveland area

I knew going into it that it supported only the Kindle proprietary eBook format, so I can't complain or gripe.

Hopefully they'll re-think things and add the e-Pub format, but I highly doubt it. Why would they, they want Kindle owners to buy all their eBooks from them!

I may have to start combing these forums and choose another eReader; I can always sell the Kindle.

For library audiobooks (mostly served by OverDrive Media), it took the Zune and iPod about two years before they started supporting these free audiobooks, despite selling audiobooks themselves at the Zune Marketplace and iTunes Store.

I doubt this was done unilaterally in OverDrive Media's app, converting to Zune or iPod supported format (protected WMA or AAC)--I'm not even sure that would be possible, cracking the manufacturers' DRM. I believe the iPod and Zune firmware must have been changed to support OverDrive Media audiobooks. Probably Microsoft and Apple succumbed because they needed to keep people from abandoning them (like you're threatening to do with the Kindle).

Keep the faith. Maybe Amazon will capitulate fairly soon, based on Microsoft's and Apple's experiences with library audiobooks.

01-20-2009, 11:05 PM	#23
CopperTrail Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 57 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: Dell Axim X3i	Clevnet access Hi Fizzy - Stopped by my local branch this evening and set up a user account for the Cuyahoga Library eBook site, now I can log in from home. Went to Clevnet eBook site while I was there. You're right, no PIN. It asks for your library card # and it told me mine was invalid (even though the back of my Cuyahoga card says it works at all CPL and Clevnet libraries). I'll give them a call tomorrow.

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01-19-2009, 07:58 PM	#17
CopperTrail Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 57 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: Dell Axim X3i	That's the think, none of those branches are in my city. I don't see anything on their site about membership, I'm going to call tomorrow to find out what I need to do. Thanks for all your help

01-19-2009, 08:16 PM	#19
CopperTrail Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 57 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: Dell Axim X3i	Sure enough, on the back of the card, it says it can be used at all Cuyahoga, Cleveland, and CLEVNET libraries, looks like I'm in

01-19-2009, 11:59 PM	#20
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	CLEVNET has 5169 MOBI ebooks (readable on the Kindle via KindleFIX), 9803 PDF ebooks, and 143 ePub ebooks. Note that many of the titles are available in multiple formats.

01-20-2009, 07:30 PM	#22
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Hmmm....I don't use a PIN on either site. I'm at work, so can't tell you what I do see, but I know I just enter my CLEVNET library card number. (A library card I picked up in a little branch library in Avon, Ohio - so it's not like it's a handy-dandy-super-special one from Cleveland itself).

01-20-2009, 11:31 PM	#25
CopperTrail Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 57 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: Dell Axim X3i	Just logged into the netlibrary site and really didn't find anything. Typed in a couple of popular authors, nothing. Mostly "Build your resume . . ." and "How to succeed . . ." type books.