eBook Woes...

Public libraries cannot always buy the same digital book content as the individual consumer, try as we might.  A few key publishers simply don’t make their titles available for the Library market anymore; certain other publishers restrict which books are available for public loan.  For example, additional copies of the following popular titles / authors cannot be obtained for downloadLibrarylending:  

• The Distant Hours (eBook), by Kate Morton.
• TheForgotten Garden (eBook), by Kate Morton.
• Naked in Death (eBook), by Nora Roberts.
• The Key Trilogy (eBook), by Nora Roberts.
• The Flight of Gemma Hardy (eBook) by Margot Livesey.
• Again the Magic (audio book), by Lisa Kleypas.
• Anything published by Penguin Group (including Nora Roberts, Sue Grafton).
• Anything published by Brilliance Audio (including Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz).

Digital publishing is in its infancy and is still evolving.   Canadian public libraries continue to work with eBook vendors to make more digital books available to library patrons.

Sincerely,

The Staff

Stratford Public Library