03-20-2011, 10:42 AM
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How Many Available eBooks in Your Library?
I did a quick check in my public library's OPAC for eContent (both eBook and eAudiobooks) and they have over 1000 ePubs available for checkout. That doesn't count the ones that are currently checked out. Not bad for suburban Louisiana. They include a lot that doesn't interest me of course but they do have The Stand, which I have been wanting to reread and vol. 19 of the Anita Blake series, which I haven't read yet. Those are checked out now, though, to me.
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03-20-2011, 11:02 AM
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Los Angeles Public Library: 5088 Fic ePub, 1813 NonFic
County of Los Angeles: 2340 Fic, 772 NonFic I am also a member of 6 other libraries here in SoCal. Call me a VERY happy camp...uh... (e)reader! BTW, I just don't get why the Kindle is so popular... actually having to *buy* books??? EEK! Lots of $$$. Last edited by ReneeMR; 03-20-2011 at 11:09 AM. |
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03-20-2011, 11:59 AM
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Welcome to MobileRead Renee. For further info, Kindle owner's have plenty of free book options, including ways to access Library Overdrive books.
MyMediaMall (Mostly Chicago are Libraries = Computed with my log-in which includes some Overdrive Advantage titles) ePub: 2004 ebooks/472 available for immediate check-out PDF: 2024 ebooks/1251 available for immediate check-out Mobi: 428 ebooks/443 available for immediate check-out |
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03-20-2011, 12:14 PM
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Seattle as of March 20, 2011:
ePub 11,978 / 8,392 available for checkout PDF 11,146 / 9,844 available for checkout Mobi 5,148 / 4,957 available for checkout |
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03-20-2011, 05:33 PM
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I belong to Seattle Public Library, Pierce County Library, and Tacoma Public library. Tacoma and Pierce County have about 4,000 each and I believe that Seattle Public Library has somewhere between 11,000 and 15,000 ebooks. These are a combination of epub, pdf, and mobi.
I have a kindle and ipad. I read the epubs and mobi's on my kindle and if the pdf's convert nicely I read them on kindle, if not I read on the ipad. That doesn't happen often. Saves lots of money, and yes I delete the book after reading it. |
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03-20-2011, 06:16 PM
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03-21-2011, 09:35 AM
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03-21-2011, 10:38 AM
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Doing a limited search, it seems that the Clark County Library has 4627 ebooks. And, for what it's worth, 8162 audio books.
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03-21-2011, 04:02 PM
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Yeah, reading the library books on a kindle does require removing the drm unfortunately. I tried reading them on my ipad using overdrive, but I just couldn't get into it as my ipad is heavier, the lcd screen and the fact that by the time i want to read, the battery might be too low. I resorted to stripping the drm to read them on my kindle. I know it is controversial, but I try to abide by the rules as much as I can. I only check out a book that I can read in the three week time frame, and I delete it after i am done. I know that this can be abused by some, but I want to read my books on my kindle and don't want yet another device to have. I also strip the drm from my purchased kindlebooks so I can back up to my computer and dropbox. I trust amazon for the most part, but I want to be able to use my books say if amazon went down, or stopped supporting kindle or i wanted to go to a different device. Probably not going to happen, but you can never be too careful, and I don't want to trust my backup to anyone but myself. This is off topic, but it is just my opinion.
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03-21-2011, 04:09 PM
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Fbone posted: Your Library's E-book Results --- The Rankings! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93209
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