So
whether library borrowing is a viable solution for you or not depends on where you live, and what kinds of e-books you're into.
Not exact matches
I think it is useful for my veggie readers to know
whether a book is worth buying or perhaps better to be
borrowed from a
library, if it doesn't have many relevant recipes.
Daniel Warren, who initiated the petition drive, said he has drafted a petition to force a public vote on
whether to
borrow $ 1.9 million for the
library / community center.
Today the Axis 360 platform now allows
library patrons to have access to all
library materials from the online catalog —
whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience for
borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.
So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to
borrow from the
library is the same reason you would want to buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy —
whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.
The current Reader Digital Book by Sony presents an open platform which makes it easy to access a wide variety of content —
whether that content is purchased,
borrowed from a
library, or free.
Free books have always been available,
whether through
borrowing from friends or
borrowing from a physical
library or from stealing or whatever.
In our national survey, we also asked people who do not
borrow e-books, including those who do not read them in general,
whether they would be interested in certain resources at their local public
library.
The news release from Amazon doesn't say anything about the details of the program — for instance,
whether there is a limit on how long the books can be
borrowed for, and if so what it is (maybe
libraries get to set the terms?).
The core audience is everyone who uses a public
library,
whether in person or online,
whether they
borrow books, attend programming, rely on
library staff for reading recommendations, subscribe to newsletters, browse the shelves and stacks for reading ideas, or participate in any type of
library activity.
This has to do with the rather prosaic issue of budget allocations and the more interesting issue of
whether people are more apt to
borrow e-books because of the armchair - ease of doing so compared to having to physically travel to a
library.
At the same time, there has been a drop in the number of people who do not know
whether their local
library has an e-book
borrowing program.
A full 62 percent of people recently polled by Pew Internet admitted they had no idea
whether they could
borrow electronic books from their
library system.
We asked all those ages 16 and older if they know
whether they can
borrow e-books from their
library and 62 % said they did not know if their
library offered that service.
In the December 2011 national phone survey, we asked the 88 % of e-book readers who did not
borrow e-books from
libraries in the past 12 months
whether they had tried do so: Only 4 % reported that they had attempted this, and 96 % had not.