Thread: U.S. libraries and Kindle books
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Old 10-03-2020, 01:38 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by tdonline View Post
I noticed earlier this year when I wanted to download Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, it was available only in epub and OD formats. Well, I only noticed after I checked out the book. So I made a go of it reading it on my laptop. I gave up after about 50 pages. I checked back a few weeks later and the book was/is available in Kindle. I figured there must be some publishing deal to delay library availability in Kindle format? Are the 3 books you checked out new?

Are you referencing Overdrive btw? The above happened on OD and with two library systems.
This thread got me curious so checked out the Mantel book at my local library. It is available for epub, kindle & OD, audio book & CD audio.

The puzzling thing is for epub, kindle & OD, the page says to 'check out Overdrive'. & the main page says available to checkout Overdrive implying that I could not directly checkout the ebook with the library account?
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