I think I have a great solution for you.
I full time and am also a resident of Green Cove Springs through St Brendan's Isle mail forwarding service. I also read e-books at the rate of at least one book/week generally downloading 2-3 at a time. I read a lot so I don't want to buy books as I would go broke.
Before going full time my home was in Volusia County, Florida so I used my Volusia library card till it expired this past August. Then I took a look at the Clay county library site. When I looked, it appeared that they did not offer ebooks, but that they had a reciprocity agreement with an adjacent county's library system that allowed Clay County's residents to download e-books. I was already tired of libraries with small e-book collections so I went to Plan B.
While living in Volusia County I worked in Orlando (Orange County). One of my co-workers who actually lived in Orange County was also a high volume e-book reader so we compared notes about the county libraries. Orange County won - by a LOT. They have approximately 50 zillion e-books that can be downloaded using Overdrive. AND you do not have to be a resident to have an Orange County library card. Non Orange County residents can pay a fee of $125/year. So that's what I did. You can sign up on line and pay your bill online. They mail a library card to your postal address; after you get it you must activate it, then you can start downloading e-books to your heart's content. All for about $10/month - I am in heaven. The best part is that I can renew on-line, meaning I don't have to show up in person.
IMHO this is the way the e-book world should work. And someday I would love to see all state e-book libraries are linked together.
Here's the e-book portion of their site - http://www.ocls.info/downloadables/ebooks.asp?from=hp
OCLS = Orange County Library System
Note that you want a 'Fee' card. After opening the link, click on 'Sign Up For A Card'. Then click on 'card Types' in the blue box at the top right. Then scroll down and click on 'Fee Cards' and fill out the form.
I also talked to them a few times before I signed up just to make sure I understood the process - 407-835-7323 They actually seemed happy to have me sign up.
Anyway, Good luck and you can PM me if you have any questions. Tim
