rent books?

[Sweetum]

is there some place (kindle, ibooks etc) where I can rent books for a small amount vs buying them - any apps for the ipad or the iphone?

[fauve01]

a friend of my sister's uses a mail rental program to rent books, ala Netflix style. i don't know the company, but when i did a google search "netflix for books" several things came up.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=netflix+for+books&aq=f&aqi=g3g-m1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=C-Z2myJBgTK64NoL-jQOA1ozyCAAAAKoEBU_Q5J7R&fp=7c48bce3be5ec9b8

edited to say sorry i totally misread your post! oops.

anne

[wendmatt]

our library rents books for electronic devices, have you checked your library?

[wellyes]

You can check if any libraries near you offer eBooks on loan - see http://www.overdrive.com/default.asp.

[khm]

My library is connected with www.overdrive.com (as mentioned above) and www.netlibrary.com. I mainly download audiobooks, but they do have eBooks too. I believe they are in the PDF format. They expire after however many days your library is setup for. (I have two different library log-ins and they have differing number of days). I downloaded the Adobe Reader in my phone.

[maybeebaby08]

You can check if any libraries near you offer eBooks on loan - see http://www.overdrive.com/default.asp.

Thank you! I never knew this existed and it will save me so much money!

[Sweetum]

Thanks so much for telling me about these! I found that my library has both - yay! About the pdf reader, is the experience almost as good as ibooks? And what app is it? I see 3 apps in the itunes appstore for reading pdfs. Look forward...

thanks a lot,
SunshineAndMe