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khintul · 12-29-2010, 02:02 PM

I'm ready to send my check for a card, but I'm wondering a few things. The site is nearly non-moving today, so I'm really not able to look around as much as I want. Thought maybe someone who has a card could tell me--

I don't seem to be able to browse the book selection without first entering an account number (which I don't have yet); is that the way it works, or is that just something that is part of the current slowdown? With my own library I can browse books all I want, and only when I want to request a book do I need to enter my card number.

Does the library have a large selection of titles? Again, my own library just recently added the ebook offering, and currently they have only 561 titles, and I'd say 40-50% of those are public domain books I could get any day (don't know why anyone would check out a book from the library when they could have it free)

What time frame for lending do they have? Here, I'm able to choose only from a 7 day lending, or a 14 day lending period. Guess that's really enough though.

Any other tips/hints, etc anyone could give me would be appreciated. Thanks!!

12-29-2010, 02:02 PM	#145
khintul Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 114 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK Device: Kindle2, Kindle 3, PRS-300, PRS-350, PaperWhite 1, Kobo Aura HD	Questions on Philly Free Library I'm ready to send my check for a card, but I'm wondering a few things. The site is nearly non-moving today, so I'm really not able to look around as much as I want. Thought maybe someone who has a card could tell me-- I don't seem to be able to browse the book selection without first entering an account number (which I don't have yet); is that the way it works, or is that just something that is part of the current slowdown? With my own library I can browse books all I want, and only when I want to request a book do I need to enter my card number. Does the library have a large selection of titles? Again, my own library just recently added the ebook offering, and currently they have only 561 titles, and I'd say 40-50% of those are public domain books I could get any day (don't know why anyone would check out a book from the library when they could have it free) What time frame for lending do they have? Here, I'm able to choose only from a 7 day lending, or a 14 day lending period. Guess that's really enough though. Any other tips/hints, etc anyone could give me would be appreciated. Thanks!!