If you're unfamiliar with libraries in your area, you can use the app to locate local ones or search for them on the OverDrive site (Opens in a new window). The app is available for nearly every platform and device out there (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, Mac, and Windows). To borrow an ebook from your local library you don't have to drive there, but you do have to download OverDrive Media Console (Opens in a new window). A Pew Internet & American Life survey found 58 percent of library-card holders did not know if their library lent ebooks and 48 percent of ereader owners were also unsure. Most library patrons don't know that local libraries lend ebookseven those who frequently use ereaders. The American Libraries Association's State of America's Libraries Report (Opens in a new window) revealed 39 percent of libraries offer them to their patrons. And if you still want the ereader experience but aren't fully onboard with going paperless, some public and school libraries now lend ereaders. Borrowing ebooks expands your reading choices without expense.Įven if you don't have an ereader, you can borrow a book to read on your smartphone or your computer provided you have a compatible app such as Kindle (Opens in a new window), Nook, or iBooks. Instead you can retreat with a book that's free (and legal, too).

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