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retro · 01-30-2010, 07:27 AM

[QUOTE=olguy;761427]Here's something to check into. TexShare I don't know yet if it applies to ebooks but you can get a TexShare card at your local library if it is a member. And you can find that out on the link.
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I think all Texas libraries and schools are members of TexShare. I've been to the site through my library and there seem to be only public access books, primarily non-fiction. The account goes through NetLibrary and books can only be read online. Also, there doesn't seem to be a search function on the TexShare site, or a way to look for authors or subjects. It's very confusing. (Or maybe I'm just spoiled by Overdrive.)

SCION, glad to see you got a card

Overdrive started as purely audiobooks and most have just started getting ebooks in the past year. Audiobooks were all wma's until the past year, too, and they started adding mp3s. That being said, epubs are coming in slowly, but they are coming. With cities and counties having so many financial problems, things like libraries are the first to lose funding. I'm just thankful to have such a great selection, FREE, whatever the format.

01-30-2010, 07:27 AM	#14
retro Groupie Posts: 195 Karma: 245 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Device: Kobo Clara Blue PRS 350	[QUOTE=olguy;761427]Here's something to check into. TexShare I don't know yet if it applies to ebooks but you can get a TexShare card at your local library if it is a member. And you can find that out on the link. QUOTE] I think all Texas libraries and schools are members of TexShare. I've been to the site through my library and there seem to be only public access books, primarily non-fiction. The account goes through NetLibrary and books can only be read online. Also, there doesn't seem to be a search function on the TexShare site, or a way to look for authors or subjects. It's very confusing. (Or maybe I'm just spoiled by Overdrive.) SCION, glad to see you got a card Overdrive started as purely audiobooks and most have just started getting ebooks in the past year. Audiobooks were all wma's until the past year, too, and they started adding mp3s. That being said, epubs are coming in slowly, but they are coming. With cities and counties having so many financial problems, things like libraries are the first to lose funding. I'm just thankful to have such a great selection, FREE, whatever the format.