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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I am also in rural WA and was under the impression that we had a state wife lending policy? that there were inter-library loans across the state?
anyway, my answer is "I plan to, just haven't yet" (maybe one of the poll fairies can put that in there)
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Nope, there's no statewide system here. A lot of the counties have reciprocal lending agreements, but they don't all include ebooks and audiobooks. And here in Skagit county we don't even have a couny-wide system so if you're in one of the unincorporated areas (most of the county) you're pretty much out of luck. You can buy a library card for one of the small local libraries (I think about $50/year) but they are all so small they don't offer downloads, so if you're looking for ebooks that doesn't help much. If you're in an area that has a reciprocal agreement (that includes downloads) with either Seattle or King County, you're in good shape - from what I've been able to tell they are both among the better libraries in the nation as far as ebook selection. King County doesn't offer ePub yet, but Overdrive shows they have purchased ePub books, so it must be coming soon!