Searching for an eBook to download is primitive compared to the Amazon browsing experience. (Does anyone publish comparative stats of available books by state consortiums?) For now, finding a library Kindle book that I want to read is a matter of luck and waiting. I'm hoping my NH consortium grows, and perhaps your public library has better Kindle book selections. From Amazon, I can buy (right now) 352,366 fiction or 753,533 nonfiction Kindle books. The actual numbers are even worse, as not every book is available in Kindle format, but instead as an Adobe EPUB eBook (which can't be read on a Kindle device).Ĭompared to what is on offer at Amazon the library eBook selection is spectacularly underwhelming.

Of these, only 398 fiction books and 26 nonfiction books are available to check out right now. My NH consortium has 2,124 fiction eBooks and 227 nonfiction eBooks. The biggest problem with borrowing eBooks instead of buying is the selection. Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert Kaplan

So far, I've borrowed from my NH Downloadable Book Consortium the following books: I'm intrigued by this whole idea of borrowing Kindle books from my public library.

Borrowing library books on kindle