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Originally Posted by jerrywojo
Interested to know how other libraries are doing with the availability of ebooks.
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I don't really do the library thing on eBooks but I HAVE looked at the current selection for my local library and can give you an idea of how things are going on this front: not so great.
They have a decent selection of things in general but by decent I mean about the selection of Barnes & Nobles bargain section with maybe a smattering of extra titles here and there. Nothing mind blowing and it still needs tons of expansion to be truly worthwhile.
And I have noticed wait estimates on some of the book entries that (surely!) must convince some people to just go to a decent ebook retailer and pay the 7.99USD required to read their (honestly less than worthwhile) book. Who in their right mind waits 1-3 months to read a Nora Roberts novel when you consider that waiting those 1-3 months will put you massively behind while she trucks away at her 8-9 books a month schedule (taken as an average)?
Still, things can only get better. And for the library dependent eBook reading people who are frothing at the bit for more publicly served books I'll bet it can't get better fast enough.