[K. Molen]

I'm not in the U.S. but many cities and towns in Canada also have access to Overdrive, which is what most (I think...) libraries in both the U.S. and Canada use to service eBooks to their patrons.

And to echo what December said, while my library is great and I use it a lot, it doesn't come close to Amazon's offering. As of this typing, Amazon.ca has 2,162,841 Kindle titles available, and my local library (overdrive.torontopubliclibrary.ca) has 27,807. So about 1.2% the number of titles that Amazon has.

In terms of my own usage, I'd guesstimate that the library has had maybe 80% of all titles I've wanted to borrow.

Now, regarding non-Torontonians borrowing from our library, I'm afraid that's not possible. You have to go to a library branch in person to get a library card, and when doing so show proof of Toronto residency.