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Borrow free e-books from your library with OverDrive and 3M Cloud Library

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I was recently listening to public radio show Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! while waiting for my bus when author Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame came on as a guest. I became intrigued enough to downloaded her second book to my iPhone 6 Plus then and there, and powered through the first two chapters during my commute.</p><p>
But I didn’t buy the book from Apple, Amazon, or Google. Instead, I borrowed it from my public library.</p><p>
Yes, you can do that now. Public libraries, centuries-long suppliers of physical books on loan, have in recent years also started lending out digital books for their patrons to read on their computers and mobile devices. Borrowed e-books have a limited lifespan, like when you rent a movie from iTunes. When the loan expires, the e-book becomes inaccessible, no trudging to your local branch and of course no late fees.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2851914/borrow-free-e-books-from-your-library-with-overdrive-and-3m-cloud-library.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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