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Old 04-13-2009, 01:27 PM   #6
Alisa
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Hook up with a library that offers ebooks for check out, read them on your pc
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The issue is that the book is only available on the Kindle at the moment, so the library won't have it. I think the Doomorama is just going to have to wait until it becomes available at other retailers.
Yes, and most libraries do not have nearly the selection that the retail stores have. New titles are particularly slow to get to mine. It only has about 3K total titles anyway, most of which is non-fiction. The library is a nice supplement but most ebook collections can't compete with their library's print collection or a book store for either non-fiction or fiction. NYPL is probably the best out there but you pay $100/year for it.

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So just for fun, I went and did a quick survey of NYPL's ebook collection. I just counted English language books because it's the largest collection and it's the one most people draw from. For the sake of time, I also just counted PDF because most books are either PDF only or PDF and Mobi. Very few are mobi only. I figure this gets a best case scenario for most patrons. They had about 12K total books. 7601 non-fiction and 4320 fiction. That includes all the PD stuff. That's pretty sparse.

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