[SteveEisenberg]

One option for many Americans is getting access to free military eBook collection(s).

Years ago, DOD had a expansive definition of who qualified as a being in the family of a military member, and I had access to two military collections. Eventually, my Air Force card expired, and the general DOD collection I was using was closed. My son in law doesn’t know it, but eventually we’ll be on base again and I’ll get him to go to the library (bases often have one similar to a public library) and sponsor me, if that is the current system.

It used to be that you could get access over the web, and they would take your word for it that you were a relative of someone with a military association. I never posted about that, at the time, because it seemed open to abuse. I think the policy now is fairly liberal but you need someone with a military association (active duty, retired, works on a base, etc.) to sponsor you.