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Originally Posted by avid01
As far as I know in the US public library system for example you are free to borrow from a wide (I mean wiiiiiiide) selection of ebooks. Almost like Amazon's full library?
Coming from Eastern Europe, all this sounds too good to be true.
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Unfortunately it is. Too good to be true, that is. As others have said, your selection depends on your library, just as it would for paper books. However many libraries have joined into regional consortia so that they can afford a wider selection. The downside of this is of course that you are competing with many more users for the books. This is not an issue for me personally, as I read widely and if one book isn't available then I read another that is.
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Edit: if your library has a huge EPUB selection pls. just tell me the link for its search engine so I can look up what i could/couldn't have - no, not to feed my jealousy. ;]
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Edit: speaking of non-resident use: do you have to be physically present to borrow ebooks or at least be in the country?
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No, I am still borrowing books from my Australian library while in the US. Not many, since my US library has a much larger selection. However I had to be physically present to obtain my library card in the first place, and at some point the library will ask me to verify my continued presence in person.