a day full of doctors and ebook question

[kalmn]

off to the doctors in a bit to get immunizations and discuss whether or not some things i've noticed are side effects, and then after that, off to another doctor to have my innards peeked at. my glamorous life, eh? in between i may try to drop a bra off to be repaired and return a library book and inquire exactly how upset the library is with me. [wince]

oh, speaking of library books-- one of the library systems here in the cities (dakota county) is offering ebooks in nook format to be checked out. i found this out yesterday and have only barely restrained myself from acquiring one. because, really, it would totally pay for its self in library fines, and darned quick, too. anyone know if other ereaders are going to work with libraries?

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[hobbitbabe]

Apparently our library here has ebooks that work with the kobo, nook, and Sony Reader. So far I have restrained myself, but I think it will be part of my travel budget the next time I go travelling.

[(Anonymous)]

I can borrow PDF books for my Sony reader, but not through HCL. Luckily I have a friend in Las Vegas who let's me use her card to check out books.

[carbonel]

1. Where does one get a bra repaired?

2. The library people don't usually get upset; they just smile and tell you how much you owe.

3. My mother was able to borrow ebooks from her library system (Skokie Library in Illinois) by downloading their specific e-reader. I believe it's DRMed to make borrowed ebooks go away after the allotted time, which seems entirely reasonable to me. I don't know what-all devices it runs on, though she was able to use it on her iPhone. I'd suggest going to the library website and see what they support.

[eeyorerin]

Depends on the format they are lending in. Most seem to have settled on EPUB, and most current e-book readers (including the Nook, the Sony Reader, and AFAIK the Kindle) all read that format.

[marydell]

This is what our library does. You can put EPUB on a kindle by, hm, running it through mobi creator I think. I'm thinking about trying this but I read so slowly that the 3-or-4 week time frame probably won't work for me, so I haven't bothered yet. (I mostly don't get real library books, either, for this same reason).

[quadong]

I'm deeply offended by the notion that a library would copy a bunch of bits onto a computer I own and then demand that I delete those bits before they are willing to copy the same bits onto another person's computer. (The exact mechanism of this copying and deleting --- DRM or not, automatic or not --- is not important to me.) So... speaking for myself alone, I certainly won't be buying any sort of e-reader for use at a library.

[trinker]

While the DRM aspect bugs me, I've been reading e-books on my netbook, by using Adobe's Digital Editions reader.

[jinian]

I've used an ebook from my library. Had to download something or other, but I read it on my laptop, what I read of it (it was not good). This very helpful comment brought to you by Excuses to Use the New Keyboard.

[daedala]

I know Hennepin Cty library has PDFs of regular books -- they probably have other formats, but I have not used them because I don't have an ereader.

Google tells me you can use your iphone: http://econtent.hclib.org/BE50512A-C683-42D9-9E1D-3A9BA34FEF53/10/414/en/Announcement.htm

[maize]

I'm not even sure what "nook format" is, but our library here deals with EPub and PDF, which the Sony Reader, Kobo and I think also the Nook (but I'm not positive) handle.

[maize]

(I should note that I have actually taken books out of our library in EPub format and read it on both my Sony Reader and my iPad.)

[firecat]

My library works with Overdrive, which has some stuff in Mobipocket format. Most of it is in Adobe Digital Editions. There's an Overdrive app for the iPod (and I presume the iPad).

[lexiphanic.livejournal.com]

there's a nook app for the iphone, which works decently, and wouldn't require you to buy any hardware. also, i have a nook which you could borrow if you wanted to try it for a while before investing.