How many e-books does your library offer?

Fbone · 07-13-2010, 10:40 PM

Since Overdrive allows you to select "view all ebooks" it's easy to determine.

Mine offers 755 in suburban New Jersey.

jezebel · 07-13-2010, 10:44 PM

877 in my west-of-Seattle county library system. Some of them look like they would free books to me, though.

carld · 07-13-2010, 11:07 PM

Clevnet (Cleveland) has 4,951 epubs, 12,643 PDFs, and 5,308 Mobipocket ebooks. I don't see a way to do a "view all." Unfortunately for me, Clevnet is heavily weighted to toward the Romance demographic.

ATDrake · 07-13-2010, 11:25 PM

239 Mobipocket, 414 ePub, 4884 PDF, 1100 MP3, 4256 WMA across 8 languages in BC; shared throughout because there's only 4.5 million people in the entire province and they mostly live near the border anyway.

AnemicOak · 07-13-2010, 11:41 PM

The Philadelphia Free Library has 1,371 epub and 616 PDF books. That's unique books not counting multiple copies of some books. They seem to add quite a few new books each month.

My actual local library (Hennepin County MN) is launching it's ebooks on July 19th with 700 titles.

SameOldStory · 07-13-2010, 11:53 PM

Free Philadelphia Library
EPUB – 1,371
PDF – 616

I listen to audiobooks while driving
MP3 audiobooks – 819
WMA audiobooks – 3,347

Bucks County Free Library
EPUB – 277
PDF – 136

I listen to audiobooks while driving
MP3 audiobooks – 213
WMA audiobooks – 2,973

If you can get ONE library card in Pennsylvania you can get free cards from most of the other Pennsylvania libraries.

Start off with the Free Philadelphia Library card. That’s cheaper.

EDIT - AnemicOak beat me to the punch.

EtherealWinter · 07-14-2010, 12:10 AM

0, I live in Australia so I guess the whole ebook thing hasn't taken over here, sigh. Anyone know of international libraries that lend out ebooks free(or small one time fee) over the internet?

AnemicOak · 07-14-2010, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EtherealWinter

0, I live in Australia so I guess the whole ebook thing hasn't taken over here, sigh. Anyone know of international libraries that lend out ebooks free(or small one time fee) over the internet?

The Philadelphia Free Library does non-resident cards for $15/year. I know some out of country folks have gotten cards from them. I don't know if they had to send US funds or what since you can't pay online.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79848
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ATDrake · 07-14-2010, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EtherealWinter

Anyone know of international libraries that lend out ebooks free(or small one time fee) over the internet?

Check the MR Wiki entry for eBook Lending Libraries.

A couple of them will let non-residents borrow for a modest annual fee, though I don't know if they define allowable non-residents as living on the same continent or not. In any case, it can't hurt to email and ask.

I've heard that the Philadelphia library accepts international money orders for the payment; I think I saw a thread here on MR about it a couple of weeks back.

Also check Overdrive's own Search for a Library function. They've got a bunch of listings for Australia, and if you happen to live in one of the areas covered, you may be in luck.

Selection on the one I tried looking up in New South Wales was kind of low (74 fiction, 268 non), but you have to start somewhere and hopefully people checking the ebooks out will encourage them to add to the collection.

Poppa1956 · 07-14-2010, 12:24 AM

Washington county, Oregon) has 6989 ebooks, and now recognizes the Kobo reader (in addition to the Sonys and Nook.)

B.Tackitt · 07-14-2010, 01:34 AM

ZERO... which is why I have a Kindle.

SameOldStory · 07-14-2010, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppa1956

Washington county, Oregon) has 6989 ebooks, and now recognizes the Kobo reader (in addition to the Sonys and Nook.)

"If you reside outside of Washington County or any of the MIX jurisdictions listed above, you may obtain a WCCLS non-resident library card for an annual fee of $95."

Oh well. Looked good for a minute.

*reg* · 07-14-2010, 01:46 AM

Zilch.

GeoffC · 07-14-2010, 03:59 AM

UK is there on Overdrive, all the available regional options currently return an 'error'

Sweetpea · 07-14-2010, 04:22 AM

ebooks??? At the library? I fear that's something for the far future here...

07-13-2010, 10:40 PM	#1
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,318 Karma: 103930826 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	How many e-books does your library offer? Since Overdrive allows you to select "view all ebooks" it's easy to determine. Mine offers 755 in suburban New Jersey.

07-13-2010, 11:07 PM	#3
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Clevnet (Cleveland) has 4,951 epubs, 12,643 PDFs, and 5,308 Mobipocket ebooks. I don't see a way to do a "view all." Unfortunately for me, Clevnet is heavily weighted to toward the Romance demographic. Last edited by carld; 07-13-2010 at 11:10 PM.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	The Philadelphia Free Library has 1,371 epub and 616 PDF books. That's unique books not counting multiple copies of some books. They seem to add quite a few new books each month. My actual local library (Hennepin County MN) is launching it's ebooks on July 19th with 700 titles.

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SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Free Philadelphia Library EPUB – 1,371 PDF – 616 I listen to audiobooks while driving MP3 audiobooks – 819 WMA audiobooks – 3,347 Bucks County Free Library EPUB – 277 PDF – 136 I listen to audiobooks while driving MP3 audiobooks – 213 WMA audiobooks – 2,973 If you can get ONE library card in Pennsylvania you can get free cards from most of the other Pennsylvania libraries. Start off with the Free Philadelphia Library card. That’s cheaper. EDIT - AnemicOak beat me to the punch.

07-14-2010, 12:10 AM	#7
EtherealWinter The Omega and Alpha Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	0, I live in Australia so I guess the whole ebook thing hasn't taken over here, sigh. Anyone know of international libraries that lend out ebooks free(or small one time fee) over the internet?

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Poppa1956 Evangelist Posts: 487 Karma: 344188 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Device: Verizon Ellipsis Tablit w/Kindle and Nook apps.	Washington county, Oregon) has 6989 ebooks, and now recognizes the Kobo reader (in addition to the Sonys and Nook.)

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B.Tackitt Member Posts: 20 Karma: 962 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle 2.5.3	ZERO... which is why I have a Kindle.

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reg Human Posts: 47 Karma: 1264 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo, iPhone	Zilch.

07-14-2010, 03:59 AM	#14
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	UK is there on Overdrive, all the available regional options currently return an 'error'

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Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	ebooks??? At the library? I fear that's something for the far future here...