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Originally Posted by mike w
Do other public libraries have ebooks for download? And can residents of other jurisdictions access them?
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Yes to the first: the New York Public Library has ebooks available in PDF and Mobipocket format. (More PDF than Mobi, however.)
Normally no to the second. You must be a registered user of the library with a library card to checkout paper books or download electronic ones. This tends to restrict things to local residents.
Vendors like
Overdrive provide ebook services to libraries as a turn-key operation, relieving libraries of the need to develop the capability.
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Dennis