Sony Reader customers can use the company's Library Finder software and check out e-books with a valid library card.
Still, well over half of U.S. library card holders don't know whether their local public library lends e-books, according to a new Pew report.
CNN: E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?
His action is a digital version of someone who has a valid library card, but borrows more books than he should from a public library, the only conceivable distinction being that a hardcover over-borrower denies books to other borrowers.
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You'll need a library card, of course -- so if you don't already have one (more than 40% of Americans don't), borrowing free e-books might be a good reason to finally visit your public library and get a library card.
CNN: E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?
Sony continues to offer its popular and critically-acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from over 15, 000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive, simple-to-use dedicated icon on the device.
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The stunning mansion has a two-story wood-paneled foyer with a sweeping staircase, elegant living and dining room, a tony professional screening room, library, family room, billiards room, card room and two full-sized kitchens.
Today, the card is used mostly to check out library books and get into leisure centres.
In its book "Baseball Americana, " the Library of Congress calls the item the first dated baseball card, handed out to supporters and opposing teams in a gesture of bravado from the brash Brooklynites, who were dominant and won their league championships in 1861, 1864 and 1865.
Now, music fans in Mexico, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, and Austria can sign up and activate free streaming at rdio.com, without entering a credit card, then dive right into Rdio's library of over 18 million songs.
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This truly portable library can carry up to 1000 titles - and now even 8000 titles more with an optional microSD card.
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