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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I know there are people here on Mobileread who say they rarely or never read library books. I'm curious as to why. Is it because the library in your area doesn't offer ebooks, or has a poor selection? Do you like to reread a lot? Do you make a lot of annotations? Do you like to read the latest best-sellers without waiting on a hold list?
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I'm not usually interested in the best sellers. I do check out ebooks from my library once in a while. But not very often. I do like to browse the web site for ideas.
Wait times, and lack of books in a series. They'll pick up the latest books, like 6, 7, and 8, but won't have the first five. I think they just time out on the early ones, since they're years old. I'm really big about reading a series in order, in a binge. I'm just now coming to a point where I'll read only four books in a series, then read a stand alone, then go back. So I don't burn out.
Also, when I'm in between series and looking to start one, or looking for a stand-alone I can see three or four that I'm interested in at the library, borrow those, then when I sit down to read pick something else. So then have to go right back and return them because I don't want anyone else to wait. Four or five days later I may have moved on and lost interest in them.
And I pick up so many free that sometimes I'll pick up a book to complete a series if it's really cheap. Or I know it's definitely on my reading list.
And the selection isn't always there. The new books are almost always for teens and young kids.