Answers.Body: <p>In the UK you can (I suspect it depends on the county/borough) borrow ebooks from your public library.</p>
  
  <p>They use Overdrive as I suspect many others do, so I think only do ePub readers(and only those that understand Adobe DRM), so no Kindles. Overdrive does do Kindles but only in the US.</p>
  
  <p>See the entry page and you can browse without registering for the <a href="http://www.croydonlibraries.com/online-library/digital-library-audio-e-books" rel="nofollow">London Borough of Croydon</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The Amazon Kindle library exists for amazon.co.uk.</p>
  
  <p>You need to pay to sign up for <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/prime/pipeline/landing?ie=UTF8&amp;ref_=nav_menu_books_redirect_ms3" rel="nofollow">Amazon prime</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Are there any programs that allow library books to be checked out, as ebooks, specifically in UK?</p>
  
  <p><em>NOTE: Based on this <a href="https://ebooks.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168/should-this-question-be-split">meta post</a> and <a href="https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/547/can-i-get-an-ebook-from-the-library">this question</a>, I have created this UK version of the question.</em></p>
  
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Title: Are there any ebook libraries in the UK
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ThreadText: # Are there any ebook libraries in the UK
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-02)
  
  Are there any programs that allow library books to be checked out, as ebooks, specifically in UK?
  
  *NOTE: Based on this [meta post](https://ebooks.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168/should-this-question-be-split) and [this question](https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/547/can-i-get-an-ebook-from-the-library), I have created this UK version of the question.*
  
  **Tags:** source, library, united-kingdom
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-02-02. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  In the UK you can (I suspect it depends on the county/borough) borrow ebooks from your public library.
  
  They use Overdrive as I suspect many others do, so I think only do ePub readers(and only those that understand Adobe DRM), so no Kindles. Overdrive does do Kindles but only in the US.
  
  See the entry page and you can browse without registering for the [London Borough of Croydon](http://www.croydonlibraries.com/online-library/digital-library-audio-e-books)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-02-02. Score: 2
  
  The Amazon Kindle library exists for amazon.co.uk.
  
  You need to pay to sign up for [Amazon prime](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/prime/pipeline/landing?ie=UTF8&ref_=nav_menu_books_redirect_ms3)
  
  
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