(April 27, 2021 at 5:12 pm)Five Wrote:(April 27, 2021 at 4:02 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Have you looked into Overdrive? If your local library is connected, they'll have thousands of titles, ebooks and mp3 audio books, available electronically. I currently have 13 cards to libraries connected to 11 different consortia and have driven over 60 miles, one way, to get some of them in order to feed my addiction.
The last time I tried Overdrive it wouldn't let me borrow any ebooks that my local library didn't have in stock online. My local library's online selection is even smaller than the actual physical selection. It wouldn't allow me to look up any other libraries. It only allowed me access to the locations where my library card would work to borrow books from. Maybe I'm just not understanding how it works.
Yeah, your member library has to have a copy in order to download it. That's why I've got so many cards. I'd recommend researching the libraries that have branches close enough to drive to that are part of different consortia, then see what requirements they have for getting a card. I'll admit to being lucky in that regard, with a ton of libraries nearby being members of different consortia. Your library may also be connected to Hoopla. I'm not as familiar with Hoopla, but they may have more/different titles than Overdrive available to your library.
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