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The libraries that we speak of mostly are the U.S. public libraries that carry ebooks via a subscription service that the library purchases from Overdive. Some libraries like the NYC library, the San Jose Calif. library, the Cleveland library and the Seattle City library have fairly good collections for online checkout.
12 months or so ago, there was a press release from Netlibrary indicating that they were entering a venture with Sony to provide access to ebooks as well. Some of the California libraries and the Seattle City library also give access to library card holders to the netlibrary service, but so far all I've seen is a small collection of audio books and a meager selection of pdf's that can not be downloaded to portable devices. Perhaps this is about to change.
cheers
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