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> My 81 year old father figured out years ago how to connect is Kindle to his local public library.

I am a full time professional software developer and I do a lot of technology things on the side and have a technology side business. It took me forever to connect a kindle to my library, and when I did, most of the books I wanted weren't available.

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An example of "beginner's luck," which is often the tendency of experts to overthink things when just trying the most basic thing often works. :)

Also libraries and their features can be very regional.

It also depends on the library. My small suburban library doesn't have a lot of ebook offerings, but my friend's big urban library has about a 75% hit rate on books I want to read.

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