E-book Checkouts Increasing in Cobb

Cobb Library's new e-book service is taking off plus some Smyrna Library news you can use.

The county library system has 1,581 copies of books on www.overdrive.com, the website it uses to facilitate e-book checkouts. Currently, there are 1,108 e-books checked out. “That leaves fewer than 580 e-books available on the website,” said Jonathan McKeown, associate director for central and outreach services. “It’s proven popular.” And e-books are easier to check out than regular books, said Julia Huprich, digital services librarian. “They don’t need to visit their favorite local branch,” she said. “They can just download them from home or wherever they have Internet access.” Cobb residents can log onto www.overdrive.com, search for the e-book they want, and choose one of three versions: Kindle, ePub or PDF. Kindle checkouts are routed …

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