This post on FreelanceWriting.com talks about the most checked out eBooks.

When I read that, I wondered almost aloud, “checked out!??!”

Yep. It seems that a company called Overdrive offers eBooks and eBook checkout systems to library systems. You can check their site to see if they support the library near you.

It turns out that the King County Library System is one of the supported libraries and has an eBook site. You can search for, check out, and place holds on eBooks! I just donwloaded two eBooks with checkout periods of 28 days each. This is a GREAT advancement!!

Looks like Acrobat Reader 6.0 or MobiPocket Reader is required. That’s a bit of a bummer considering that there is no free PocketPC option yet. I wrote to their support alias, so we’ll see what happens.

With Microsoft being an OverDrive supporter, I find it hard to believe that DRM enabled .lit access is not offered…