I was reading through the library ebook thread and was shocked to learn that New York Public library has more books than the Chicago Public Library. Since I live in Chicago now and last year I lived in New York I have both library cards. Many people discussed paying non-resident rates for library cards in NYC. I figured maybe there is a library with a better collection and people that live in cities with good collection might decide to take advantage of their programs.
So I'll start it off. and I will edit to update what others are listing
Chicago Public Library
http://overdrive.chipublib.org
All Adobe PDF: 1,216
All ePub: 134
New York
http://ebooks.nypl.org
All ePub: 1,086
All PDF: 13,004
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Vancouver Public Library
http://downloads.bclibrary.ca
All Ebooks (PDF + ePUB): 2803
Toronto Public Library
http://overdrive.torontopubliclibrary.ca
Epub books: 204
PDF books: 559
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Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/catalog/ebooks.html
(as of 11:20pm on 12-21-2009)
PDF: 773
Original Posters note: (uses NetLibrary, not Overdrive)
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Washington, DC
http://overdrive.dclibrary.org/72023...en/default.htm
EPUB: 919
PDF: 6243
Crystal Lake Public Library
http://crystallake.lib.overdrive.com/
ePub: 0
PDF: 1639
Mobi: 884
Schaumburg Public Library
http://www.mymediamall.net/
ePub: 166
PDF: 1752
Mobi: 468
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Washington, DC Public Library
http://overdrive.dclibrary.org/
ePub:919
Fairfax, VA Public Library
http://fairfax.lib.overdrive.com/
ePub: 79
PDF: 1,865
(corrected by yekim54)
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Cuyahoga County Public Library (CLEVELAND, OH) has:
http://ebcd.cuyahogalibrary.org
Adobe PDF - 3128
Naperville Public Library:
http://www.naperville-lib.info/catalog/eMedia.htm
EPUB - 155
Protected PDF - 1872
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Minuteman Library (library consortium covering Metrowest region of Massachusetts)
http://digital.minlib.net/10B15150-B...en/default.htm
epub - 98
pdf - 46
Boston Public Library
http://overdrive.bpl.org/9886B135-81...en/Default.htm
ePub - 461
PDF - 2280
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Maryland:
http://maryland.lib.overdrive.com/71...en/Default.htm
Adobe Epub - 110
Adobe PDF - 1484
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Brooklyn New York
http://brooklyn.lib.overdrive.com/85...en/Default.htm
Adobe ePub: 1,314
Adobe PDF: 2,734
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Seattle Public Library.
http://spl.lib.overdrive.com
Adobe ePub: 4,164
Adobe PDF: 8,779
King County Library
http://ebooks.kcls.org/
Adobe ePub: 135
Adobe PDF: 3,875
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granted this is getting out of date but new updates still coming thanks
San Fransisco Public Library
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/036F88...en/Default.htm
3034 Epub
1390 PDF
National Library Board of Singapore
http://singapore.lib.overdrive.com
2,554 ePub
13,799 PDF
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Thanks everyone
BTW I am not listing Mobi until Sony 500 or 505 are capable of reading them natively.