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Whatcom County Library System is excited to announce that eBooks are now compatible with the Amazon® Kindle eBook reader. You can download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle or any mobile device running the free Kindle app...

such as iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, and more.

 

Kindle posterYou can also browse the library's catalog of bestselling and classic eBooks over the internet from your home PC or Mac computer, check out titles using your library card, and select "Get for Kindle" to deliver eBooks to your computer or Kindle.

"Amazon's decision to work with libraries was a real winner for library patrons, "said Lizz Roberts, Community Relations Coordinator for WCLS. "The majority of our eBooks can now be used with Kindle readers."

WCLS provides digital books as part of a statewide group called the Washington Digital Library Consortium. Library eBooks are already compatible with many popular mobile devices such as smartphones, MP3 players, and other eBook readers like the Barnes & Noble® Nook™ and Sony® Reader.

EBook use at the library has been rising fast. "Checkout of eBooks in August 2011 increased 125% over last August," said Regan Robinson, Public Services Manager at WCLS. "We're glad to welcome Kindle and other eBook users to the library!"

To find eBooks, search the library's catalog for "ebook" at WCLS.org.