i really want to read a few certain books but my library is useless and im sure there must be a service online to lend books or borrow other people in your area’s books that you want. is there anything like this?
I work in library, and you can ask them to source a book from outside their network, ask for an inter-library loan. Sadly they can be expensive (£2.50 per book in my lib) and take up to 6 weeks to be sourced.
I do some that way, but don’t have the patience for it often. I also tend to read a lot of US authors, which are harde to get hold of.
The way I deal with it now is to look for cheap copies on places like Amazon, you can often buy books for a penny and then pay postage so that for the same price as an ILL, you get to keep it. I’m also seriosly considering buying an ebook reader such as the sony on in Waterstones or the Kindle from Amazon. The books are cheaper, you can download them instantly, and the screen is designed to read like paper so you don’t strain your eyes.
Sadly there isn’t a swap site in the UK. IN the US they have some great ones, where the book gets passed around and all you pay is the postage to the next person.
Do you mean real books or virtual books. You can get all the books you want from other local libraries. You request them and pick them up at your local library.
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yep just search it on google and you should find plenty of websites that do it! but beware its not very good for your eyes to be readingg books on the computer. x
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I work in library, and you can ask them to source a book from outside their network, ask for an inter-library loan. Sadly they can be expensive (£2.50 per book in my lib) and take up to 6 weeks to be sourced.
I do some that way, but don’t have the patience for it often. I also tend to read a lot of US authors, which are harde to get hold of.
The way I deal with it now is to look for cheap copies on places like Amazon, you can often buy books for a penny and then pay postage so that for the same price as an ILL, you get to keep it. I’m also seriosly considering buying an ebook reader such as the sony on in Waterstones or the Kindle from Amazon. The books are cheaper, you can download them instantly, and the screen is designed to read like paper so you don’t strain your eyes.
Sadly there isn’t a swap site in the UK. IN the US they have some great ones, where the book gets passed around and all you pay is the postage to the next person.
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