[bookwerm]

If there are specific books you want to read from your library (and it's not one of those consortiums), I'd recommend using the 'suggest a purchase' function to request eBooks. Most libraries on their website (either the overdrive site or regular library site) have a form to suggest a book to purchase.

I'm in LA, and mainly use LA Public Library (which has a larger collection) and County of LA Public Library. I suggested 2 books for purchase from LaPub last week. I didn't hear anything, so called the librarian who manages the e-media collections. She said she received my suggestion, but June is the end of the fiscal year, and they had used up their budget (which probably explains the 3,000+ epubs that have been added in the last 2 months!). However, she said she'd start ordering again in July, and would include the books.

Even better - I emailed Co of LA yesterday to request the same books (sorry, I really want to read them!). CoLA emailed me today to thank me for the suggestions and let me know the books will be added next week.

It's nice when occasionally things are as simple as just asking - at least in the case of these two libraries. There are a few other libraries in SoCal I'll test out and see if they're this responsive, too!