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Originally Posted by KarenH
I'm glad to hear you got such a positive response from your library system. The response I got from mine was lukewarm at best. I asked about the possibility of donating ebooks either by making a monetary donation to the library that is designated to purchase a specific ebook, or by contacting Overdrive as was mentioned at the beginning of this thread. I was told that I could recommend books to be purchased (it's only a request, no guarantees), and I could also make a donation, but they don't seem to have any way to connect the two actions to be sure the book I want is purchased. Definitely not the response I was hoping for. I have access to another library system that has just started carrying ebooks, so I think I'll contact them - hopefully they'll be more open to the idea.
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That was pretty much the same as my experience. I contacted the people who run the Overdrive lending library in my state with the suggestion, and a few days later received a non-committal note to the effect that it was a generous offer but they would have to discuss it with the selection committee. Then, after hearing nothing more for a while, I emailed again suggesting a specific book, and never received any response. So though my preference would be to expand the collection at my local library system, expanding the Philadelphia Free Library collection would not be a bad second choice.