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Does your library site also include a link to purchase the e-book from Amazon? Our does but annoyingly I can't buy it for the library. I am only able to purchase for use on my devices.
I don't know about that. I haven't used a Kindle in quite awhile now, I believe I've heard that you can now transfer ebooks, but don't really know. Best wishes on the uninterrupted time.
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I don't know about that. I haven't used a Kindle in quite awhile now, I believe I've heard that you can now transfer ebooks, but don't really know. Best wishes on the uninterrupted time.
You can lend *some* Kindle books that you've bought but:
1. Only to one person. Then the lending option goes bye-bye.
2. Very few Kindle books have the lending option. I believe that it's determined by the publisher.
Holly-Kay, your library -- like all others with the OverDrive system (and I think that ALL libraries use OverDrive) -- have a few options when you're searching for an e-book: All Titles (it will search all of the e-books that they currently have), Available Now (it will search only the e-books that are not already currently borrowed by someone else), and Available Titles to Recommend. It's that third option -- Available Titles to Recommend -- that should be of interest to you in this case. If you search that section (you might want to use the Advanced Search option on your library's website), you will see MANY MORE books. These are books that your library does NOT currently have but CAN get. You then click the "Recommend" button on that book, enter the information requested (your library account number and email address), and the person who's in charge of ordering will see that it's been recommended. Whether or not they buy it is a bit of a crap shoot -- sometimes it depends on the book's popularity, or how many other people recommended it, or just random luck. I've had a LOT of good luck with it.
So. When I came upon the abomination known as Why We Came to the City by Kristopher Jansma (see above), which is his second novel, I saw that his first novel had received some great reviews. And because I'm a glutton for punishment, I picked it up at the library today. Well, the joke's on me. It's called The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards and I'm on page 75 and it's terrific. Go figure.
Dawn, I loved The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards. Excellent writing and a likable unreliable narrator.
You can lend *some* Kindle books that you've bought but:
1. Only to one person. Then the lending option goes bye-bye.
2. Very few Kindle books have the lending option. I believe that it's determined by the publisher.
Holly-Kay, your library -- like all others with the OverDrive system (and I think that ALL libraries use OverDrive) -- have a few options when you're searching for an e-book: All Titles (it will search all of the e-books that they currently have), Available Now (it will search only the e-books that are not already currently borrowed by someone else), and Available Titles to Recommend. It's that third option -- Available Titles to Recommend -- that should be of interest to you in this case. If you search that section (you might want to use the Advanced Search option on your library's website), you will see MANY MORE books. These are books that your library does NOT currently have but CAN get. You then click the "Recommend" button on that book, enter the information requested (your library account number and email address), and the person who's in charge of ordering will see that it's been recommended. Whether or not they buy it is a bit of a crap shoot -- sometimes it depends on the book's popularity, or how many other people recommended it, or just random luck. I've had a LOT of good luck with it.
Dawn, THANK YOU!!! I will use that criteria for my searches.
My copy of the ebook "You" has finally become available but since I am knee deep in "The Lake House" I am going to have to wait to start it since The Lake House is also a library e-book and I don't want it to expire.
It's not often that one post adds four more to my TRL -- I also added Kate Morten's "The Forgotten Garden."
I just finished reading Rushdie's "The Enchantress of Florence." Not the best of his I've read, but I liked it well enough. I like how he explores the metaphysical aspects of life without getting caught up in the dogmas of organized religions -- in fact he seems to have a great time poking religious dogmas with a stick of good humored fun. He also can spin stories that sweep the whole world without losing an iota of the individuality of each character's charm.
Next up: "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel.
The Forgotten Garden is my favorite Kate Morton story, followed by The Secret Keeper. I did not care for The Distant Hours though. Up next for me is her newest, The Lake House.
I loved Station Eleven, the twist on the usual post-apocalyptic novels I read. If you like Station Eleven, try The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, another I really enjoyed.
Brian Freeman does it again with his Jonathan Stride series, Goodbye to the Dead! Just like his other JS books before it is a page turner.
Hello my friend Dawn!!!
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