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Originally Posted by Rbneader
People who use multiple libraries - how do you do it? I've never tried it before.
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I've always used multiple libraries, when I've had access. In Australia, libraries are generally by local council. Growing up, we lived near the border of a local government area so we joined both libraries. My last location in Australia was again in a border area, so I was a member of two libraries. I actually joined the neighbouring library because it got ebooks. Shortly afterwards my local library also started ebooks. Recently I have moved to the US (Columbus, Ohio - forgive me for not knowing where Greenhills is - I haven't been here very long!) and joined my local library here. So I currently have access to 3 library systems with ebooks. At some stage I plan to go up to Cleveland and join there as well, since I have heard so many good things about CLEVNET, and a few books I've been looking for are available there. My Australian libraries will eventually be dropped, but the selections there are usually nowhere near as good. I will miss the access to certain Australian magazines though.
My total ebook "allowance" is 25 books (10,10,5) but I typically don't borrow more than about 5 total at a time. When I first was able to get ebooks I "gorged" on them, borrowing my full allowance. It wasn't long before I realised that I was much better off having a few books at a time, borrowing new ones whenever I returned some so that I had a continuous stream. I also use Zinio.
I have no idea about holds - I rarely use this feature. These days I rarely start unfinished series so I'm mostly reading older titles, so holds are rarely required. I also don't borrow audiobooks since I don't have a device (other than laptop/tablet) to play audiobooks, plus I've never been a huge fan, apart from radio plays which are written for voice.
I have seen some ads for Freading and also public domain books that are outside the allowance, but I've never followed through those links. I know there's some other electronic resources available but not ones I've used.