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Originally Posted by fantasyfan
Since I don't live in a large population area, it is impossible for me to borrow e-books from the library. Thus I find the opposite case to be true. I can easily amass a quite large personal e-book library in electronic form via Amazon and iBooks but if I want a book that is difficult to get from those sources, I can usually borrow it from our local library or get it on an inter-library loan or―as a last resort―buy it from ABE. So while it would be wonderful to be able to borrow e-books from libraries, I think it is still a convenience restricted to fairly large population areas.
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I don't quite understand this - aren't you able to borrow via the internet? If I want to borrow a print book, I have to go to my local library (which is only a couple of miles away, but still, couldn't do it if I were housebound) and take it out, or if it's not there, request an inter-library loan and repeat the same procedure. If I want to borrow an ebook, I go to my PC, log in to the library service (which services the entire county, not just my local tiny library), and download a book.