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Old 01-09-2011, 01:17 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by jerrywojo View Post
My local library system here just outside Chicago provides digital downloads including eBooks. My Media Mall

I'm finding among the fiction I read,(mystery-Sci/Fi) the selections are slim to well nothing. There are titles I would be interested in but are always checked out.

They mainly have mobi format with a few epubs. Last I checked there were a total of 11 epubs available among all genres!

Interested to know how other libraries are doing with the availability of ebooks.

Is there a waiting list for the e-titles you wish to read? Are paper equivalents more available than their electronic counterparts?
I am also in a near Chicago Suburb. My suburb has reciprocal privileges with CPL, so I have a library card for CPL. I find the books at the CPL to be much more to my liking. They have current fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, and a bunch of cheap romance novels. My suburban library just went digital, and they have a much smaller range of books. A lot of gay erotic romances, which surprises me for the burbs. I have been on CPL the longest, and they are almost entirely epub. My suburban library still is buying some pdfs.

Yes, there is a waiting list for what I want to read. But I can always find something to read. The waiting lists are a lot longer since Christmas - I think a lot of Nooks were gifted this year.

My dear husband has agreed to get a CPL and suburban library card. Then I can put twice as many books on hold. Of course, I got him an ereader for Christmas, so he will probably be checking out his own!
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