I just went to borrow a book from my local library's ebook service, and I found this:
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Derbyshire is one of only four councils to be selected for a year-long eBook pilot scheme created by the Publishers Association and the Society of Chief Librarians.
From March 2014 to March 2015 Derbyshire will receive access to an extra 1,000 eBooks that are not normally available for libraries to buy and will include big-name authors and high profile releases.
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This could save me quite a bit. It seems to include all of Agatha Christie's books, and the likes of George R R Martin.
Of course, I own and have read all of the Game of Thrones books, and am about 35 books away from my first unowned Christies, but in principle it could save me some money.