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Originally Posted by CRussel
To borrow books from your library you do not need to be a Prime member. You just have to have a library card in the US that supports digital downloads from Overdrive. Contact your local public library if you live in the US. If you live outside the US, your choices are more limited, but the Free Library of Philadelphia is still currently accepting overseas members for a fee. There may be others -- there's a thread somewhere here.
ETA: The Joining US Libraries thread |
Oh, yes, I'm familiar with borrowing digital books from the local library, with Overdrive,
et al. I certainly was not aware that Amazon would consider them purchases and sell the audiobooks to me cheaper. Very invaluable information.
I think that I have also read somewhere on this forum that if a person "purchases" a free book, e.g. a classic, from Amazon, the audiobook will be cheaper, too. Is this correct?
In answer to your question, tubemonkey, I live in Florida. I don't know how many library systems do it, but at least one, in the county just south of me, will grant a library card to
anyone in Florida (well, anyone who would meet same the criteria that someone within their district would have to meet); I suspect that many others will do that, too. I probably need to find the appropriate forum and post that information there, too.