yucabird Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 We're expats and a family of serious readers (with Kindles). Amazon e-book purchases can get pricey, and I have been using Gutenburg as well as BookBub. I have a subcription to the--terrific(!)--Free Library of Philadelphia but book selections can be limited. Are there any other online libraries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Most public libraries allow you to check out books via Overdrive. All of them are limited. Not sure how much overlap there is between various public library offerings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Some online libraries have a feature where you can request the library buy ebooks. My library buys more than 1/2 my requests and I can ask for 5 a week. When I search, at the bottom of the search results that my library owns, is a button to see more options that I can request a purchase from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 New York City has a yearly subscription. I'm not sure if Boston has a subscription, but they do have a large collection. Washington DC, Chicago, and Seattle I think have large collections, but I'm not sure about subscriptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Have you checked out Hoopla and Scribd and Zinio? https://www.hoopladigital.com/home;jsessionid=C7CF5E7C10C2EA49918B61C123332D88 https://www.scribd.com/ https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/shop.jsp?WT.mc_id=ACQ_SEM_US_Desktop_S_B_ZinioCore_EM&gclid=CjwKEAiAvauyBRDwuYf3qNyXmW4SJACX9-fXezUl0jXLcd20MlPp3zH0xku3ZTPHZiYw7mJdr7KcxxoC1qHw_wcB#/ Free libraries https://archive.org/ http://manybooks.net/ https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/ http://m.feedbooks.com/publicdomain http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ Click on "English" http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/ Australia's Gutenberg http://gutenberg.net.au/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 If you have software that masks what country you are in, I think you can download from Google. If you see something you really want at Google, someone here will usually E-mail it to you. I used to do that a lot for people when I had WiFi. Now that I am mostly on just a phone and public hotspots, I can't do that as much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hunter, thanks so much for these resources!!! I'm good on software for downloads. I have only just clicked on Hoopla ... and I know how I'm going to be spending my evening. Yea!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hunter, thanks so much for these resources!!! I'm good on software for downloads. I have only just clicked on Hoopla ... and I know how I'm going to be spending my evening. Yea!!! I'm so glad I could help. One of my many library cards includes a subscription to Hoopla that allows 10 downloads a month. They have the Bill Nye videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 You need to move to Iowa. :coolgleamA: Iowa has the Wilbur system, linking e-resources for all Iowa libraries. Here's how it works (as I understand it): Our library purchases e-resources (e-books and audiobooks). They are shared with the greater population of Iowa (like an e-interlibrary loan), but our community gets first dibs, because we bought them. Our library may also purchase extra copies of an e-book that they know will be more popular than usual. Maybe they will purchase 8 extra e-copies of an expected best seller. These are only for use by our library. When we download, we get two weeks to finish reading. No extensions. No renewals. No late fees. It disappears off the Nook. And the tech guy at the library holds monthly sessions to teach anyone how it works. I can only think that someone, somewhere in government, voted to fund this system to get it off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I used my family and friends library accounts (with their permission) when we were overseas if they weren't users of e-books. They don't accrue fines so it's no economic worry to them. Do you still have library accounts that are active from your US home base? You can use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 There was a thread about this one or two years ago. Possibly, if you use the Search feature, you can find it. I seem to recall one of the recommended systems was in Phoenix. I am also interested in this topic because we live overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I think there is a subscription site for e-books. Like Audible. Unfortunately I don't remember the name because I use my local libraries Overdrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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