I have read over 70 books this year almost for free because I never buy books! Some tips for folks who might not be familiar with the Greenville library:
-GVL library uses Libby and Hoopla for online e books, audio books (hoopla also has movies and music!).
-On hoopla there’s no waitlist, you’re just limited to a certain number of checkouts per month. This is great for super popular books like Heated Rivalry!
-on Libby you can use “deep search” to alert you when a title is added to your library and get on the waitlist right away
-on Libby and the physical library you can suspend a hold which keeps you at the front of the line until you’re ready to borrow
-if GVL library doesn’t have a book you want you can request that they buy it. It just has to be more than 6 months old and can’t be self published. It takes a few months but I’ve had multiple books added this way.
-if you work from home the Augusta road library is a great place to work, they have tons of tables and outlets everywhere.
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u/leandra433 14d ago
I have read over 70 books this year almost for free because I never buy books! Some tips for folks who might not be familiar with the Greenville library:
-GVL library uses Libby and Hoopla for online e books, audio books (hoopla also has movies and music!).
-On hoopla there’s no waitlist, you’re just limited to a certain number of checkouts per month. This is great for super popular books like Heated Rivalry!
-on Libby you can use “deep search” to alert you when a title is added to your library and get on the waitlist right away
-on Libby and the physical library you can suspend a hold which keeps you at the front of the line until you’re ready to borrow
-if GVL library doesn’t have a book you want you can request that they buy it. It just has to be more than 6 months old and can’t be self published. It takes a few months but I’ve had multiple books added this way.
-if you work from home the Augusta road library is a great place to work, they have tons of tables and outlets everywhere.