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Sydney's Mom · 11-08-2009, 02:56 PM

Chicago Public Library has lots of ebooks, and has reciprocal privileges with a lot of suburban libraries. I like to use the library for books I will never read again - I have to strip DRM to get them on my kindle (pdf and epub, which are the majority), and I delete them when I finish reading them. The selection is rather limited, though. If you like bestseller fiction and cheap romances (books that sell for under $3.50) the library has lots of those. I actually use the library much as I did before I got my kindle - go online, search for material, put a hold on it, and check it out once it is available. Only difference, there is no driving back and forth to the library, or seeing (imagining) the derisive expression on the librarian's face - I live in a very small town; the librarian knows my name, and my daughter's name (three guesses . . . )

11-08-2009, 02:56 PM	#15
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Chicago Public Library has lots of ebooks, and has reciprocal privileges with a lot of suburban libraries. I like to use the library for books I will never read again - I have to strip DRM to get them on my kindle (pdf and epub, which are the majority), and I delete them when I finish reading them. The selection is rather limited, though. If you like bestseller fiction and cheap romances (books that sell for under $3.50) the library has lots of those. I actually use the library much as I did before I got my kindle - go online, search for material, put a hold on it, and check it out once it is available. Only difference, there is no driving back and forth to the library, or seeing (imagining) the derisive expression on the librarian's face - I live in a very small town; the librarian knows my name, and my daughter's name (three guesses . . . )