@kitten In the US you typically don't pay for a library card in your local area, and that gets you access to the rest of the state, and books will be shipped around between libraries in the state for you, and you can borrow ebooks from other libraries in the state too.
However, if you want access to another state's network of libraries you usually have to physically go to the state to set up an account, and pay a fairly small annual fee, like $30. 🧵1/2
@kitten Dunno about EU, but in the US, libraries are getting financially fucked by publishers with regards to ebooks. they already pay more than cover price to buy physical books, but ebooks are many many multiples of the cost, and that $$$ either gets them a limited time access to the ebook, or a limited number of lends of it. Libraries also regularly have to do fundraisers because they don't get enough $ from the town / state. 🧵2/2
