Mainly, due to the limited selection. Due to time constraints, I like to read mainly books from the bestseller lists which are not on Freading.

There are also technical hoops to jump through, as I imagine there are with Overdrive so in the end the effort doesn’t justify the selection.

I hope that they will be expanding the publishers that they work with in the future – and I know in this regard their hands are tied until they can reach an agreement. But in the meantime, I guess I will just borrow my books the good, old fashioned way.

Thank you for your thorough article – it really gave me some insights into how the service works behind the scenes.

With regard to Freading, I will watch and wait. We need to solve the publisher problem first. Once they get their act together (and the librarians will have to keep at them), then I will look at various methods of elending.

Thought you might like to know about a website devoted to helping people figure out the whole e-book deal.

Aunt Lee’s Obsessive Meta Search Engine for Free Books – http://www.auntlee.com/ebooks/

There’s a meta-search engine that searches 20 free e-book sites at once (sites that don’t require registration — just go and download). There are tutorials on building an e-library, and links to good sites with e-books both for free and for purchase.