MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Thinking of buying a Nook, but ? about library books

sunseeker · 01-13-2011, 06:53 PM

I purchased the Nook Color solely because I can download books from my local library. We are very fortunate to live in a very large and well funded county. The library system is one of the best and I've lived in several different states. Frankly I wanted the Kindle. After talking to a friend I found out I could not download books from the library on the Kindle. So-I got on the library site and looked for the books I was most interested in reading and also verified that the Kindle software is proprietary and not supported. I looked for New York Times Bestsellers. The books I wanted were on the site. By the time my Nook arrived it seemed everyone in the county had received an e-reader and the books I wanted were checked out. I put the books I want on a hold list, and the library notifies me by email when a title on my list is available. I have 3 days to download and 21 days to read the books. I usually have at least 3 books checked out at a time. I only wait a week or so for books on hold. It depends on how many licenses your library purchases of any given book. If your aunt gets the Nook you can use the "Lend Me" function to trade books back and forth.

01-13-2011, 06:53 PM	#34
sunseeker Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Florida Device: Nook Color	Nook and the Library I purchased the Nook Color solely because I can download books from my local library. We are very fortunate to live in a very large and well funded county. The library system is one of the best and I've lived in several different states. Frankly I wanted the Kindle. After talking to a friend I found out I could not download books from the library on the Kindle. So-I got on the library site and looked for the books I was most interested in reading and also verified that the Kindle software is proprietary and not supported. I looked for New York Times Bestsellers. The books I wanted were on the site. By the time my Nook arrived it seemed everyone in the county had received an e-reader and the books I wanted were checked out. I put the books I want on a hold list, and the library notifies me by email when a title on my list is available. I have 3 days to download and 21 days to read the books. I usually have at least 3 books checked out at a time. I only wait a week or so for books on hold. It depends on how many licenses your library purchases of any given book. If your aunt gets the Nook you can use the "Lend Me" function to trade books back and forth.